The amino acid glycine is an important neurotransmitter that regulates memory, reflex, and brain development, and it may also ...

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 ...

Breakthrough results in first fluorescent sensors capable of detecting glycine dynamics inside living cells at single-cell ...

In Dan Brown's latest novel, lower levels of GABA are the key to expanding our consciousness. But are they really?

A new brain imaging study led by researchers in the Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Health in the Renaissance School ...

Stanford University researchers developed a tissue-mimicking, stretchable sensor termed NeuroString for real-time measurement of neurotransmitter dynamics in vivo in the brain, gut, and other soft ...

Scientists at the University of Cambridge have used powerful new brain imaging techniques to reveal a neurochemical imbalance within specific brain areas in patients with obsessive-compulsive disorder ...

A study links lower levels of the inhibitory neurotransmitter GABA to neuropathic pain in people with HIV, offering insight into potential pain mechanisms.

One of the most important molecules in the brain doesn't work quite the way scientists thought it did, according to new work by researchers at Columbia University Vagelos College of Physicians and ...

There's nothing like a steaming cup of joe to give your morning a quick boost. Now, there's yet another reason to love the beverage. Today, researchers report the first application of used coffee ...