Your body functions using chemical messages that are directed throughout your system with specific targets. These chemical messages are carried by neurotransmitters, which act as a messenger directing ...

A neurotransmitter previously thought only to calm neurons may also play a role in waking them up, according to a study published in the journal PLOS Biology, a discovery which challenges the textbook ...

Neurotransmitters are a special type of chemical compound that occurs naturally in your body. Their role is to carry impulses from one part of the brain to another, and from the brain to the rest of ...

Excitatory neurotransmitters increase the likelihood that a neuron will fire a signal called an action potential in the receiving neuron. There are several types of excitatory neurotransmitters.

Researchers say their sensor can monitor levels of the neurotransmitter in real time, bringing at-home health management ...

Researchers have developed a new method of labeling naïve neurotransmitter receptor proteins in living animal brains. The work is published in the journal Proceedings of the National Academy of ...

Researchers have found that increasing dopamine production in mice with Alzheimer’s disease improves their memory, a process they’re hopeful can be replicated in humans, though more testing for a ...

New research challenges long-standing ideas on how neurotransmitter gets released at neuronal synapses. In a Neuron article published online October 10th, recent Nobel Laureate Thomas C. Südhof ...