FeaturedNeuroscience·April 6, 2023·5 min readUsing Photons as Neurotransmitters to Control the Activity of NeuronsResearchers present a new system that uses photons instead of chemical neurotransmitters to control neural activity.Read More
FeaturedNeuroscienceOpen Neuroscience Articles·February 10, 2023·4 min readCocaine Use Disorder Alters Gene Networks of Neuroinflammation and Neurotransmission in HumansCocaine use disorder alters gene expression in the nucleus accumbens and caudate nucleus, brain areas associated with reward, and the mediation of habit formation.Read More
FeaturedNeuroscience·November 23, 2022·5 min readMajor Discovery About Mammalian Brains Surprises ResearchersV-ATPase, a vital enzyme that enables neurotransmission is able to switch on and off randomly, even taking hours-long breaks.Read More
ElectrophysiologyFeaturedNeuroscienceOpen Neuroscience Articles·July 27, 2022·2 min readA Methodological Leap in the Exploration of MemoryResearchers have developed a comprehensive "toolbox" to establish that the mobility of receptors exists in intact brain tissue, and this mobility is critical for certain types of memory.Read More
FeaturedNeuroscienceOpen Neuroscience Articles·June 13, 2022·3 min readEnzymes Used to Change How Brain Cells Communicate With Each OtherUsing only enzymes, researchers were able to change synapses between inhibitory and excitatory types.Read More
FeaturedNeuroscienceOpen Neuroscience Articles·December 23, 2021·4 min readHow Neurons That Wire Together Fire TogetherA new study brings understanding how the brain processes information one step closer.Read More
FeaturedNeuroscience·December 3, 2021·3 min readWhy Neurons Consume So Much Fuel Even When at RestSynaptic vesicles are a major source of energy consumption in inactive neurons, a new study reports.Read More
ElectrophysiologyFeaturedNeuroscienceOpen Neuroscience Articles·December 17, 2020·2 min readA New Means of Neuronal Communication Discovered in the Human BrainResearchers have identified a novel coupling mechanism that links neural networks in the human brain.Read More
ElectrophysiologyFeaturedNeuroscience·October 5, 2020·3 min readHow the Brain May Fuel Intense Neural CommunicationThe retrieval of mitochondria via a feedback loop is vital to sustaining synaptic transmission.Read More
FeaturedNeuroscience·September 28, 2020·4 min readTone of Voice Matters in Neuronal CommunicationResearchers have identified a mechanism by which neurons communicate via intonations.Read More
FeaturedNeuroscienceOpen Neuroscience Articles·July 24, 2020·5 min readNovel Drug Delivery Particles Use Neurotransmitters as a ‘Passport’ Into the BrainTufts researchers have developed neurotransmitter-lipid hybrids that help transport therapeutic drugs and gene editing proteins across the blood-brain barrier in mice.Read More
FeaturedNeuroscienceOpen Neuroscience Articles·July 6, 2020·6 min readTo Let Neurons Talk, Immune Cells Clear Paths Through Brain’s ‘Scaffolding’Dropping the level of the IL-33 immune molecule increased the number of synapses in the brain. In older mice, ramping up IL-33 helped push the number of new synapses toward a more youthful state.Read More
