Naturally found in certain foods, gamma-aminobutyric acid supplements might help if you struggle to fall asleep.

Yoga, with its roots in ancient India, is evolving beyond physical exercise to become a promising tool for improving mental ...

Dissociative identity disorder arises as a response to trauma. Understanding its neurobiology offers valuable insights into ...

Specific protein receptors in the brain play a vital role in how neurons slow down or stop firing, making them targets for many disorders. Researchers have now constructed a detailed structural map of ...

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

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 ...

Looking for a buzz without the booze? Functional spirits promise just that, and more. We tried alcohol-free botanical spirits ...

The study uncovers hippocampal neurons that differentially respond to sugars and fats, suggesting new avenues for combating ...

What Is White Matter Disease? White matter disease is the wearing away of tissue in the largest and deepest part of your brain. The loss of white matter function has a number of causes ...

But scientists have long assumed that bacteria can’t survive in the human brain. The powerful blood-brain barrier, the thinking goes, keeps the organ mostly free from outside invaders.

Deuterated etifoxine is under clinical development by GABA Therapeutics and currently in Phase I for ... Alzheimer’s disease, stroke, traumatic brain injury, nerve/spinal cord injury and ...