By influencing calcium homeostasis, local protein synthesis and the endoplasmic reticulum, a small protein called Rab10 emerges as a crucial cytoplasmic regulator of neuropeptide secretion.

Often found within processed foods—but sometimes hidden in packaged products billed as "healthy"— food dyes and artificial ...

Co-written with Jai Liester. Silent synapses represent one of neuroscience's most fascinating discoveries—connections between neurons that lie dormant until activated by specific triggers.

Co-written with Jai Liester. Silent synapses represent one of neuroscience's most fascinating discoveries—connections between neurons that lie dormant until activated by specific triggers.

The authors uncover slow, facilitating inhibitory connections between serotonin neurons in the dorsal raphe, refuting autoinhibition theories. This recurrence drives winner-take-all effects and ...

Serotonin is vital for our mental health. If we don’t have enough of this particular hormone, we may feel depressed, fatigued, anxious, and have trouble sleeping, which can seriously impact our ...

Rudolf Virchow Center for Integrative and Translational Bioimaging, Julius-Maximilians-Universität (JMU) Würzburg, Josef-Schneider-Str. 2, 97080 Würzburg, Germany Biocenter, Department of ...

Selective serotonin reuptake inhibitors (SSRIs) and serotonin-norepinephrine reuptake inhibitors (SNRIs) are two of the most common types of medications used to treat conditions such as depression, ...

Selective serotonin reuptake inhibitors (SSRIs) are a class of medications primarily used to treat depression and anxiety disorders. Feeling down or anxious occasionally can be a typical part of ...

These were some of the questions that were addressed during the annual Synapse Conclave in the capital last month, where over 40 speakers, including Nobel laureates, Pulitzer Prize-winning ...