Certain proteins found in the human brain have long been known to be critical to controlling how brain cells communicate with ...

Although scientists can learn a lot from cell culture and animal models, they cannot truly substitute for all parts of the ...

Chamomile is known for its relaxing and calming properties. It contains compounds that interact with GABA receptors in the brain, which help reduce anxiety and promote relaxation.Lavender also has ...

γ-aminobutyric acid (GABA), whether it be lower levels of GABA or the receptor it binds to. But a study published last week (October 3) in Science Translational Medicine, which zeroed in on GABA ...

As results indicated that the spinal antinociceptive effect of diazepam is mediated predominately by GABA A receptor isoforms containing the α2 and α3 subunits, the authors next tested whether ...

When you’re drinking an alcoholic beverage, those alcohol molecules bind to GABA receptors and cause the sedative, relaxing effects of GABA to be enhanced. Scientists (including Nutt ...

Research led by Jia Zhou in the Hibbs Lab at UC San Diego has mapped the structures of human brain receptors for the neurotransmitter GABA. The team obtained samples from epilepsy patients undergoing ...

These sleeping pills work on the GABA receptors in the brain, which help control our level of alertness or relaxation. The selective GABA medications target only a certain type of GABA receptor ...

The DRDC have the first set of animals (soman controls and bucillamine pretreated) completed and is now performing the assays looking at GABA receptor downregulation. Over the next few weeks data will ...