Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America, Vol. 111, No. 49 (December 9, 2014), pp. 17660-17665 (6 pages) A muscle acetylcholine receptor (AChR) has two ...

Neurotransmitters are chemical messengers that help nerve cells (neurons) communicate with one another. These chemical messengers affect the brain by either exciting (stimulating), inhibiting ...

Dr. Arun L. Naik highlights the importance of acetylcholine for memory and focus. He suggests boosting it naturally through adequate sleep, mental stimulation, and mindfulness practices. Dietary ...

In temporal lobe epilepsy — a common and debilitating form of the disorder — seizures often cause those affected to lose consciousness. But why that happens has been unclear. In a new study, Yale ...

Acetylcholine regulates blood flow, but the source of blood acetylcholine has been unclear. Now, researchers at Karolinska Institutet have discovered that certain T cells in human blood can produce ...

Research reported December 11 in the journal Advanced Materials describes a potentially promising strategy for encouraging the regeneration of damaged central nervous system cells known as neurons.

A defect in the action of a newly discovered protein may play a central role in muscular dystrophy, a disease of progressive muscle degeneration with no known cure. Scientists at UCSF’s Ernest Gallo ...

It may sound like a paradox to produce a drug that is used to treat drug addiction but this is a logical possibility according to studies published in Addiction Biology where investigators at the ...

A team of researchers at The University of Western Ontario has demonstrated that elimination of one of the neurotransmitters in the part of the brain associated with Parkinson's disease may improve ...

Keeping the brain in the best shape is crucial for overall health and wellness. In today’s time, where many are overwhelmed with work and personal responsibilities, being forgetful and losing focus ...