These sacs spill their contents into the synapse, where the neurotransmitters then move across the gap toward the neighboring cells. These cells contain receptors where the neurotransmitters can ...

Neurotransmitters initiate their action when they bind to a receptor on their target cell. A receptor is a small protein that can attach to a specific chemical or hormone in the body. Receptors ...

Dopamine’s effects in the brain are mediated by postsynaptic D1 and D2 receptors. Adenosine A1 and A2A receptors are uniquely positioned to counteract the excessive stimulation of dopamine receptors ...

They observed hundreds of presynaptic terminals simultaneously releasing the neurotransmitter ... design FFNs to target other transporters and receptors. In all likelihood, FFN511 will soon ...

Different receptors are specific for different molecules. Dopamine receptors bind dopamine, insulin receptors bind insulin, nerve growth factor receptors bind nerve growth factor, and so on.

A study by the (UPV/EHU) demonstrates that the drug WIN55,212-2 protects the brain and reverses early cognitive damage caused ...

There are two types of removal: Re-uptake – the neurotransmitter is reabsorbed back into the presynaptic neuron and restored inside a vesicle ready to be used again. For example, noradrenaline.

A study conducted at Turku PET Center in Finland showed that changes in the functioning of opioid neurotransmitters in the ...

Recreational drugs can affect neurotransmitters in the reward pathway ... Agonists stimulate specific receptors which decreases the number and sensitivity of the receptors. As the sensitivity ...

But what these receptors actually consisted of and how they worked remained obscured for most of the 20th Century. Cells in our body are constantly exposed to a variety of chemical signals—hormones, ...

A study showed that changes in the functioning of opioid neurotransmitters in the brain may underlie anorexia.

Endogenous adenosine, a bioenergetic molecule, has potent neuroprotective and neuromodulatory actions and regulates the release of various neurotransmitters involved in the phenomena of drug ...