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When it comes to brain proteins, small changes can make a dramatic difference. Researchers studying NMDA (N-methyl-D-aspartate) receptors, which are essential for learning, memory and moment-by-moment consciousness, know ...
Sep 24, 2025
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New proteomics research is enabling scientists to decipher how neurotransmitter receptors behave and change as an organism develops. The new work could help scientists better understand the formation and function of synapses—the ...
Aug 28, 2025
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Schizophrenia is a serious mental health condition that affects thoughts, moods, perceptions, and behaviors. Affected individuals experience positive symptoms like delusions and hallucinations, and negative symptoms like ...
Jul 24, 2025
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A new study led by researchers at the Marshall University Joan C. Edwards School of Medicine reveals that flavor additives commonly used in e-cigarettes may increase the likelihood of vaping behavior in adolescents—even ...
Jul 18, 2025
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A research team has identified a molecular mechanism that coordinates the operation of the N-methyl-D-aspartate (NMDA) glutamate receptor, which is key to regulating excitatory synapse function in the brain. This achievement ...
May 19, 2025
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A research team has unveiled the cause and molecular mechanism of chronic brain inflammation that results in repetitive behavioral disorders. The research team demonstrated that an inflammatory response by immune cells in ...
May 19, 2025
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Our brain requires a constant supply of energy. A disrupted energy supply, as, for instance, caused by a stroke, can have serious complications. A team from the research group Cellular Neurobiology at Ruhr University Bochum, ...
Apr 22, 2025
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Although a plethora of medications and therapies now exist for major depression, roughly one in three diagnosed patients still suffer from treatment-resistant depression (TRD)—a form of the disorder that does not respond ...
Apr 3, 2025
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Building on more than two decades of research, a study by MIT neuroscientists at The Picower Institute for Learning and Memory reports a new way to treat pathology and symptoms of fragile X syndrome, the most common genetically-caused ...
Feb 20, 2025
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A genetic mutation found in two human patients with schizophrenia also increased schizophrenia-related behaviors in mice with the same mutation, a rare finding of a direct genetic link to psychosis, report researchers at ...
Feb 19, 2025
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