Cells have surface receptors that couple to proteins and other molecules to initiate or inhibit certain behaviors.

Researchers discover that the GPR3 receptor acts as an immediate-early gene to jumpstart neuron and synapse development.

Cells have surface receptors that couple with proteins and other molecules to initiate or inhibit certain behaviors.

Cell adhesion molecules (CAMs) are typically cell-surface proteins that mediate contact-dependent interactions and contribute to the spatial organization and stabilization of synaptic contacts. They ...

Dopamine neurons respond to reward-predicting cues but also modulate information processing in the prefrontal cortex essential for cognitive control. Whether dopamine controls reward expectation ...

Researchers at Tel Aviv University have made a fundamental discovery: the NMDA receptor (NMDAR)—long studied primarily for its role in learning and memory—also plays a crucial role in stabilizing ...

Understanding exactly how psychedelics promote new connections in the brain is critical to developing targeted, non-hallucinogenic therapeutics that can treat neurodegenerative and neuropsychiatric ...

Researchers at Indiana University have identified a single enzyme in brain neurons that, when removed, sharply reduced the ...

For most of us, the sense of smell is an integral part of everyday life; it plays a critical role in providing information about our surroundings, alerting us to potential dangers, enhancing our sense ...