Researchers at Hudson Institute of Medical Research, working with the School of Clinical Sciences at Monash Health, are ...

Endocannabinoids, like 2-AG, are transported through the brain in fatty vesicles, unlike traditional neurotransmitters such as dopamine and serotonin, which move freely between nerve cells.

The University of Oulu, Finland, is participating in an international research project investigating the health effects of ...

Northwestern Medicine scientists have uncovered new insights into how neurofilaments act like Velcro in neurodegenerative ...

Scientists at Rutgers University-New Brunswick have discovered that exercise can activate special cells in the brain that ...

For this study, the scientists targeted vesicles produced in the brain that ferry several proteins involved in insulin sensitivity—one of which is called Akt. Insulin sensitivity is a measure of ...

After the participants worked out, the researchers discovered that there was an increase in the number of neuronal vesicles, which are special cells released by the brain. Those vesicles ...

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