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·September 6, 2021·4 min read

Significant Proportion of People With Parkinson’s Disease Struggle With Instruction-Based Learning

Study reports a significant number of people with Parkinson's disease have precise deficits when learning from instructions. Researchers say the problems are associated with differences in brain function.

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·September 2, 2021·4 min read

Beyond Dopamine: New Reward Circuitry Discovered

Researchers have identified a new reward system in the brain. The study found long-range GABA neurons from the ventral tegmental area to the ventral nucleus accumbens shell are engaged in reward and reinforcement behaviors. This GABAergic projection inhibits cholinergic interneurons.

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·July 27, 2021·6 min read

Eating for Hunger or Pleasure? Regulating These Feeding Behaviors Involves Different Brain Circuits

The brain regulates both eating for hunger and pleasure through serotonin-producing neurons in the midbrain, but the different types of feeding are wired by independent circuits that do not influence the other type of feeding.

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·July 22, 2021·3 min read

Neurotransmitter Levels Predict Math Ability

A new study found a person's math ability was linked to levels of GABA and glutamate in the brain. In children, greater math fluency was associated with higher GABA levels in the left intraparietal sulcus, while lower levels of GABA were linked to math ability in adults. The reverse was true for glutamate in both children and adults.

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·April 24, 2021·5 min read

Why Does Food Smell so Good When We’re Hungry?

A study of hungry mice sheds new light on the neurobiology of olfaction and food attraction. Researchers identified a pathway that promotes attraction to food odors over other olfactory cues.

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·April 14, 2021·4 min read

Study Maps Brain Regions Responsible For Intoxicating Effects of Alcohol

The effects of intoxication, such as slurred speech and poor coordination, are a result of the breakdown of alcohol products in the brain and not the liver.

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·February 10, 2021·4 min read

How Messenger Substances Influence Individual Decision-Making

The ratio of GABA and glutamate affect long and short-term strategic decision-making in a different manner.

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·August 13, 2020·4 min read

The Neuroscience of Getting and Staying Motivated

The key to performance and motivation lies within the ratio of glutamine and glutamate in the nucleus accumbens. The ratio of glutamine to glutamate relates specifically to stamina.

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·June 17, 2020·4 min read

Scientists gain detailed images of how a protein that calms brain activity works

Cryo-electron microscopy captures detailed snapshots of the GABAB receptor protein contorts as it interacts with GABA.

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·May 18, 2020·4 min read

Scientists find brain center that ‘profoundly’ shuts down pain

Researchers identified a distinct population of GABAergic neurons activated by general anesthetic in the central amygdala of mice. The findings point to central amygdala GABAergic neurons as a potential therapeutic target to alleviate chronic pain.

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·May 4, 2020·4 min read

Exercise boosts motor skill learning via changes in brain’s transmitters

Neurons in the caudal pedunculopontine nucleus, an area of the brain that regulates motor coordination, switch neurotransmitters from acetylcholine to GABA as a result of exercise. The switch appears to provide feedback control that regulates motor coordination and skill learning.