Summary: Researchers compiled emerging evidence to prove that astrocytes, traditionally dismissed as passive, structural ...

If your night-time routine currently consists of mindlessly scrolling through TikTok in the dark, tossing and turning, trying ...

A team at Johns Hopkins University has identified a small, evolutionarily ancient group of inhibitory neurons in the ...

The etiology and pathogenesis of Autism Spectrum Disorder (ASD) are not yet clear. Gamma-aminobutyric acid (GABA), as an inhibitory neurotransmitter in the brain, is closely related to the ...

Across much of America, workers fear their options for remote work are slipping away. But remote work is alive and well, at least for now. Five years into the pandemic workplace revolution, roughly 38 ...

Bing. Another email. Bzzzz. A text message. Bloop-bloop. An incoming video call. In today’s fast-paced, always-connected world, email and text alerts arrive at all hours, deadlines creep into weekends ...

Prozac (fluoxetine) is a prescription drug that treats depression and certain other mental health conditions. Its mechanism of action is to increase the availability of a brain chemical involved in ...

Biological functions related to sleep and emotional processing are integral to human brain function but often remain unexamined in the context of disorders such as Insomnia and Bipolar Disorder (BD).

The brain's ability to process information is known to be supported by intricate connections between different neuron populations. A key objective of neuroscience research has been to delineate the ...

A study showed that changes in the functioning of opioid neurotransmitters in the brain may underlie anorexia. A study conducted at Turku PET Centre in Finland showed that changes in the functioning ...