Study in mice reveals high-frequency mechanical vibrations detected by nerve endings on the skin are processed in a brain ...

Almost 35% of drugs approved by the Food and Drug Administration work by targeting G protein-coupled receptors (GPCRs), ...

Researchers discovered that cannabis affects brain development by interacting with CB1 receptors on astrocytes, not just neurons.

Scientists explore how daily glucocorticoid signaling influences glioblastoma growth and synchronizes its circadian rhythms ...

In a new study, opioid addicts experienced structural and functional changes in specific regions of their brains.

"This is your brain on drugs," the old anti-drug admonition says, and now a new study has found there's something to that ...

Researchers at the Carney Institute for Brain Science are taking creative approaches with a super-resolution microscope to ...

A study of rhesus macaques revealed that infants who experienced higher levels of maltreatment by their mothers tended to ...

"Other studies have measured the total levels of NMDA receptors in the human brain but did not differentiate between those located in synapses and extrasynapses. We adapted a protocol designed for ...

Pain receptors in the soft tissues The researchers at the University of Gothenburg are the first to carry out neurobiological studies by measuring the activity in the brain of a shore crab ...