The nicotinic acetylcholine receptors (nAChRs) are ligand-gated ion channels, the activity of which modulates many neurotransmitter systems. They are therefore therapeutic targets for the ...

Long-term, persistent weekly or more frequent cannabis smoking leaves a distinct and partially reversible epigenetic ...

Liraglutide, a medication commonly used to treat diabetes, has shown promising results in reducing chronic migraine in ...

In 1977, the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine was awarded to Roger Guillemin and Andrew Schally for their discovery and synthesis of ...

Simon Fraser University researchers are using a new approach to brain imaging that could improve how drugs are prescribed to ...

Research carried out on mice has revealed how a hormone released by the intestine acts on the brain and helps regulate the ...

In 1977, the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine was awarded to Roger Guillemin and Andrew Schally for their discovery and synthesis of gonadotropin-releasing hormone (GnRH), a key regulator of ...

Shane Wright, Assistant Professor at the Department of Physiology and Pharmacology, and colleagues have uncovered a new way to tailor signaling ...

Perceptual inference requires the integration of visual features through recurrent processing, the dynamic exchange of information between higher- and lower-level cortical regions. While animal ...