The screen worked, flagging expected cancer genes. But it also kept returning something that seemed impossible: genes for synapses, glutamate receptors, and neural signaling pathways. “We absolutely ...

Here, we report that glycolysis controls astrocyte-synapse contact. In the Drosophila larval dopaminergic (DAergic) circuit, blocking astrocyte glycolysis stimulated perisynaptic ensheathment by ...

Modern neuroscience research continues to explore compounds that interact with brain signaling systems. Scientists analyze molecular pathways that influence attention, neural communication, and ...

Chinese Medical Journals Publishing House Co., Ltd. As global cancer rates continue to rise, the need to understand cancer beyond its cellular and genetic underpinnings has never been more pressing.

The embryonic receptor "Smoothened" regulates dopamine and acetylcholine timing to control learning and habit formation in ...

Stanford Medicine investigators have replicated, in a lab dish, one of the most prominent human nervous pathways for sensing pain. This nerve circuit transmits sensations from the body’s skin to the ...

Here’s what you’ll learn when reading this story: The brain uses two key pathways for neural communication—neurotransmitters and nerve impulses—but what if there was a third, unknown channel? A review ...

When a house catches on fire, we assume that a smoke alarm inside will serve one purpose and one purpose only: warn the occupants of danger. But imagine if the device could transform into something ...

Hexarelin is a synthetic hexapeptide that emerged from late-20th-century efforts to design growth hormone–releasing peptides ...