This influx of calcium at the contact site attracts and activates a kinase called CaMKII, a protein known to be important in ...

The model calculations in the present study show that proteins are therefore preferably synthesized in the branched, tapering ...

Virginia Tech neuroscientists have uncovered a mitochondrial process that supports the brain cells critical for learning, ...

Nerve cells have amazing strategies to save energy and still perform the most important of their tasks. Researchers found that the neuronal energy conservation program determines the location and ...

Nerve cells have amazing strategies to save energy and still perform the most important of their tasks. Researchers from the ...

New research suggests that electrical spinal cord stimulation could improve muscle function for patients who have spinal ...

Learn about the relationship between gut microbes and anxiety-related behaviors and how probiotic supplements could become a ...

The menopausal transition may represent an inflection point for worsening of multiple sclerosis (MS) in women.

Ibogaine—a psychoactive plant derivative—has attracted attention for its anti-addictive and anti-depressant properties. But ...

A University of Ottawa neuroscientist has led a Canadian research team to reveal important new insights into the activation ...

Dr. Eric Levine’s cutting-edge autism research at UConn is reprogramming the donated skin or blood cells of Angelman or Dup15q syndrome patients to develop them in the lab into brain cells that ...