Molecular difference in autistic brains may explain signaling imbalance
Yale School of Medicine (YSM) scientists have discovered a molecular difference in the brains of autistic people compared to their neurotypical counterparts.
Dec 23, 2025
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Amino Acids, Peptides, and Proteins: News and Research on Receptors, Neurotransmitter
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Homer1 gene calms the mind and improves attention in mice
Attention disorders such as ADHD involve a breakdown in our ability to separate signal from noise. The brain is constantly bombarded with information, and focus depends on its ability to filter out distractions and detect ...
Dec 22, 2025
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Researchers seek better, safer alternatives to current opioid drugs
Researchers at USF Health are making dramatic strides in understanding how new opioid compounds work inside the body to provide pain relief, offering greater hope that new classes of these drugs may eventually be used to ...
Dec 18, 2025
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Neurons use physical signals, not electricity, to stabilize communication
Every movement you make and every memory you form depends on precise communication between neurons. When that communication is disrupted, the brain must rapidly rebalance its internal signaling to keep circuits functioning ...
Dec 15, 2025
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How hippocampal synapses adjust their proteins to specialize their function
A research team led by Dr. Àlex Bayés, Head of the Molecular Physiology of the Synapse Group at the Institut de Recerca Sant Pau (IR Sant Pau), has achieved what for decades had been an elusive goal: obtaining a precise, ...
Dec 12, 2025
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'Maestro' protein CASKIN2 orchestrates memory by fine-tuning neuron signals
For the first time, researchers identified the function of the CASKIN2 protein, which plays a key role in precise signal transmission between neurons and memory formation in the brain. This study is expected to provide important ...
Dec 1, 2025
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Discovery about brain receptors may open the door to new Alzheimer's treatments
Researchers at Karolinska Institutet in Sweden and the RIKEN Center for Brain Science in Japan have identified two receptors in the brain that control the breakdown of amyloid beta, a substance that accumulates in Alzheimer's ...
Nov 29, 2025
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New on-switch for pain signaling pathway could lead to safer treatment and relief
Researchers at Tulane University, with a team of colleagues from eight other universities, have discovered a new nerve cell signaling mechanism that could transform our understanding of pain and lead to safer, more effective ...
Nov 20, 2025
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Changes in a single gene can cause mental illness, study reveals
Until now, researchers assumed that schizophrenia, anxiety disorders or depression arise from an interplay of many different factors, including genetic ones.
Nov 14, 2025
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Pancreatic cancer forms 'synapses,' scientists discover
Pancreatic cancer is one of the deadliest types of tumors. A team at the Technical University of Munich (TUM) reports that pancreatic tumors exploit the body's nervous system by forming so-called pseudosynapses.
Nov 11, 2025
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