Understanding exactly how psychedelics promote new connections in the brain is critical to developing targeted, ...

Results from a small study suggest ketamine’s antidepressant effects may require activation of the brain’s opioid system.

New research reveals this inconsistency may be due to a feedback loop between the thalamus and somatosensory cortex, where thalamic input subtly changes how sensitive cortical neurons are to incoming ...

These glutamate receptor proteins and a pivotal GluA2 subunit are expressed in the lens and appear to be regulated in a similar manner to the way they are in the brain, this preclinical work shows ...

Conversely, the researchers were able to significantly reduce this type of glutamate release by inhibiting glutamate receptors, especially by inhibiting the subclass of NMDA receptors.