Stimulant medications activate underperforming neural circuits in the prefrontal cortex” - Dr. Stanford OwenGULFPORT, MS, UN ...

By influencing calcium homeostasis, local protein synthesis and the endoplasmic reticulum, a small protein called Rab10 emerges as a crucial cytoplasmic regulator of neuropeptide secretion.

Co-written with Jai Liester. Silent synapses represent one of neuroscience's most fascinating discoveries—connections between neurons that lie dormant until activated by specific triggers.

Co-written with Jai Liester. Silent synapses represent one of neuroscience's most fascinating discoveries—connections between neurons that lie dormant until activated by specific triggers.

Rudolf Virchow Center for Integrative and Translational Bioimaging, Julius-Maximilians-Universität (JMU) Würzburg, Josef-Schneider-Str. 2, 97080 Würzburg, Germany Biocenter, Department of ...

Summary: New research reveals dopamine has a previously unknown role: reshaping our memories of rewarding experiences. In a study using mice, scientists found dopamine helps reduce the perceived value ...

Researchers at Ruhr University Bochum, Germany, have studied the impact of two brain areas on the nature of memory content. The team from the Department of Neurophysiology showed in rats how the ...

That satisfying feeling after doomscrolling through endless TikTok videos or impulsively shopping online mimics the relief of scratching an itch. This is dopamine at work — a brain chemical ...

It's been close to a year since Synapse, a Silicon Valley startup that maintained transaction ledgers for fintechs and their bank partners, went bankrupt and it was discovered that customers' money ...

New research expands on current understanding of the brain chemical dopamine, finding that it plays a role in reducing the value of memories associated with rewards. The study opens new avenues ...

Dopamine signals in primate brains Date: March 12, 2025 Source: Kyoto University Summary: We're all familiar with Pavlovian conditioning, in which a reward-anticipatory behavior follows a reward ...