Researchers report that a protein called filamin A is responsible for guiding receptors to their correct places in brain neurons. These receptors control brain activity in response to GABA, the main ...

BINGHAMTON, N.Y. -- Heavy alcohol use creates a vicious cycle: It changes signaling pathways in the brain, which in turn affects cognitive functions like decision-making and impulse control — and ...

Your body functions using chemical messages that are directed throughout your system with specific targets. These chemical messages are carried by neurotransmitters, which act as a messenger directing ...

Scientists recently uncovered new insights into how alcohol disrupts the brain's ability to adapt and learn. A study published in the journal Science Advances found that chronic alcohol exposure ...

The brain is an almost inconceivably complex system of billions of neurons interlinked via trillions of connections that work to coordinate everything you do, think, and feel (Zimmer, 2011). This ...

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After a wonderfully indulgent Christmas, I came to a booze-related realisation – for ten years, I’ve probably not gone longer than two weeks without a drink. From the age of eighteen, I’ve never had ...