A new study by Pitt researchers challenges a decades-old assumption in neuroscience by showing that the brain uses distinct transmission sites—not a shared site—to achieve different types of ...

Synapses are the highly specialized connection sites between neurons enabling the establishment of complex neuronal networks. As highly plastic structures, synapses collocate both the transmission and ...

To satisfy the incessant energy demands of their thousands of synapses, neurons have to have enormous supplies of ATP at the ready. Where does this seemingly bottomless well of energy come from? It’s ...

ABSTRACT: Psychiatric and neurological disorders often exhibit overlapping symptomatology and shared neurobiological mechanisms, yet pharmacological treatments are typically developed and administered ...

Neurodevelopmental disorders like autism spectrum disorder, schizophrenia, and bipolar disorder are deeply complex conditions, with each involving a mosaic of genetic and environmental contributors. A ...

How do we think, feel, remember, or move? It all depends on transmission of chemical signals in the brain, carried and released by molecular containers called vesicles. In a new study, researchers ...

How do we think, feel, remember, or move? These processes involve synaptic transmission, in which chemical signals are transmitted between nerve cells using molecular containers called vesicles. Now, ...

Synaptic transmission is essential for brain function. But which characteristics of synapse function are so crucial that they are conserved between species? In general, animal models have shaped our ...

Nissan agrees to settle lawsuit over defective transmissions in Murano and Maxima vehicles. Eligible owners may receive warranty extensions, reimbursements, or a $1,500 vehicle voucher. Key deadlines: ...

Synaptic transmission is an energy hog. It requires neurons to tap ATP reserves to respond to incoming signals. How do they pull this off, thousands to millions of times per day? A new study ...