To give yourself the best chance of avoiding dementia, there are certain brain games that help and many that don't. The ones ...

The following guide offers a detailed overview of several classes of medications that research links to a higher risk of dementia. You will find what these drugs treat, the evidence connecting them to ...

Acetylcholine (ACh) is a neuromodulator with a central role in aversive learning - rapid conditioning to unpleasant smell, taste, or touch. These learning functions play out in cells called D2 ...

To study how a key chemical neuromodulator affects signaling in the brain's cortex, Garrett Neske, PhD, has received a three-year, $300,000 grant from the Whitehall Foundation, a nonprofit ...

To examine the protective effects of scutellarin (Scu) on rats with learning and memory deficit induced by β-amyloid peptide (Aβ). Fifty male Wistar rats were randomly divided into 5 groups: control, ...

Two new reports this week show what can happen when neurotransmitters get out of whack, with ramifications for Alzheimer disease and Parkinson disease. First, a paper in the September 7 Neuron ...