A protein capable of recording incoming chemical signals of brain cells was engineered by scientists, which could decode the ...

Researchers have created a protein that can detect the faint chemical signals neurons receive from other brain cells. By ...

The brain’s chatter has always been partly out of reach, with electrical spikes easy to record but the chemical whispers ...

A new protein sensor lets researchers see incoming brain signals, revealing how neurons process information tied to memory ...

Autistic adults show reduced availability of a key glutamate receptor, mGlu5, across widespread brain regions.

Researchers have discovered a molecular difference in the brains of autistic people compared to neurotypical people, a finding that has implications for intervention.

Glutamate is one of the principal neurotransmitters in the brain, but in excess can be highly neurotoxic. In September Nature Medicine Takahiro Takano and colleagues from the New York Medical College, ...

The most common type of brain tumor in children, pilocytic astrocytoma (PA), accounts for about 15% of all pediatric brain tumors. Although this type of tumor is usually not life-threatening, the ...

First author Tim Ziebarth shows the atypical glutamate release events on the screen, which were visualized using a fluorescence sensor. Our brain requires a constant supply of energy. A disrupted ...

In an effort to understand how brain cells exchange chemical messages, scientists say they have successfully used a highly specialized microscope to capture more precise details of how one of the most ...