The brain chemicals behind your mood, sleep, and body functions Ever wonder what's going on in your brain when a certain mood strikes? You can thank your neurotransmitters. Neurotransmitters are ...

A study conducted at Turku PET Center in Finland showed that changes in the functioning of opioid neurotransmitters in the ...

Dopamine, serotonin, and histamine carry messages between neurons. They can also influence circadian gene expression ...

A fluorescent probe designed to incorporate a fluorophore into the structure of a neurotransmitter finds activity-dependent heterogeneity in dopamine release at individual synapses ...

There are two types of removal: Re-uptake – the neurotransmitter is reabsorbed back into the presynaptic neuron and restored inside a vesicle ready to be used again. For example, noradrenaline.

New research found that individuals with anorexia nervosa have elevated opioid neurotransmitter activity, which may ...

A study showed that changes in the functioning of opioid neurotransmitters in the brain may underlie anorexia.

A study conducted at Turku PET Centre in Finland showed that changes in the functioning of opioid neurotransmitters in the brain may underlie anorexia.

A research team led by Professor Kazuaki Sawada and Project Assistant Professor Hideo Doi of the Department of Electrical and Electronic Information Engineering, Toyohashi University of Technology has ...