South Korean researchers have developed a technology that can monitor in real time the chemical changes occurring in the ...

Acetylcholine, a key neurotransmitter, plays a vital role in your body by facilitating communication between neurons in both the central and peripheral nervous systems. It is essential for muscle ...

Two people who watch the same movie may remember completely different scenes.One person remembers the words spoken by the ...

What happens in the brain after an Alzheimer's drug is administered? A joint research team led by KAIST has used a small, implantable neural chip to wirelessly monitor real-time changes in a ...

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 ...

Scientists have long-studied the role of dopamine, a chemical in the brain that helps control learning and movement, in order to better understand Parkinson's disease, schizophrenia, and ...

Cocaine, opioids, and other drugs of abuse disrupt the brain's reward system, often shifting users' priorities to obtaining more drug above all else. For people battling addiction, this persistent ...

Professor Kyung-In Jang, Ph.D. candidate Jieun Son, Postdoctoral Researcher Saehyuck Oh, and Postdoctoral Researcher ...

A team of researchers from Nanyang Technological University, Singapore (NTU Singapore) has uncovered new clues about how chemicals released by brain cells regulate our attention span. Findings from ...