A growing body of mouse and rat research is rewriting the textbook on how dopamine, the brain’s primary reward signal, ...
In A Nutshell A timing gap of just 50 to 100 milliseconds determines whether a dopamine signal in the brain drives learning ...
Scientists are reporting the first compelling evidence in people that cognitive training can boost levels of a brain chemical that typically declines with age. A 10-week study of people 65 or older ...
New research has identified an alternative signaling pathway in the brain of mice that relieves pain, even in animals that have developed tolerance to opioids. The study also showed that pain relief ...
Anticholinergic medications block acetylcholine (i.e., "vagusstoff") and inhibit parasympathetic nerve impulses by binding with this neurotransmitter's receptors. Over 600 medications are known to ...