A fluorescent probe designed to incorporate a fluorophore into the structure of a neurotransmitter finds activity-dependent heterogeneity in dopamine release at individual synapses ...

Research led by Jia Zhou in the Hibbs Lab at UC San Diego has mapped the structures of human brain receptors for the neurotransmitter GABA. The team obtained samples from epilepsy patients undergoing ...

Specific protein receptors in the brain play a vital role in how neurons slow down or stop firing, making them targets for ...

In a study, scientists have shown neurotransmitters in the human brain ... were taken in patients undergoing deep brain stimulation surgery for treatment of essential tremor, or for the surgical ...