The intricate web of chemical messengers that facilitate communication between neurons represents one of the body’s most complex and fascinating systems. These neurotransmitters, including serotonin, ...

Discovered some 40 years ago, the Y neuropeptide (NPY) is one of the organism’s most abundant neurotransmitters. It has long been known that it acts on the brain, stimulating the appetite and inducing ...

Also referred to as chemical messengers, neurotransmitters are chemical agents made and released by neurons. They are stored in vesicles at the terminal end (presynaptic terminal) of a neuron. Their ...

Researchers at UT Southwestern Medical Center at Dallas are a step closer to defining the function of two proteins involved in neurotransmitter release, which initiates communication between neurons ...

Neurons perform numerous complex tasks by communicating with each other via small messenger molecules called neurotransmitters. Accurately detecting them is crucial to understanding the functioning of ...

A study conducted at Turku PET Centre in Finland showed that changes in the functioning of opioid neurotransmitters in the brain may underlie anorexia. Anorexia nervosa is a serious psychiatric ...

Researchers in the US have for the first time used MRI to follow the dynamics of neurotransmitters with molecular precision. They have demonstrated the technique on dopamine, a neurotransmitter that ...

Participants included 34 healthy volunteers (22 female, 12 male) recruited through local advertising. Absence of current or past psychiatric diagnoses including substance abuse or dependence was ...

New research from Colorado State University into the ways neurons regulate chemical balance in the brain could provide ...