This article was published in Scientific American’s former blog network and reflects the views of the author, not necessarily those of Scientific American Glutamate, arguably the most important ...

Upon energy restriction, an unusual release of the neurotransmitter glutamate can be observed. The overabundance of glutamate ultimately causes damages to nerve cells. Upon energy restriction, an ...

The most common type of brain tumor in children, pilocytic astrocytoma (PA), accounts for about 15% of all pediatric brain tumors. Although this type of tumor is usually not life-threatening, the ...

New findings offer clues about how misused drugs affect healthy brains and hint at an undiscovered link between glutamate and mood. A new study shows that healthy people who take attention deficit ...

A new study published in the journal Neuroscience finds that individuals recovering from COVID-19 exhibit signs of a ...

Recent studies investigating links between neurological and psychiatric features of certain disorders have found that individuals who experience their first episode of psychosis or have schizophrenia ...

Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . Lower brain glutamate levels were linked to antipsychotic exposure rather than to greater age-related decline in ...

Q: Why should very young children be shielded from Chinese restaurant syndrome? A: Because, explained neurophysiologist Meiken Nedergaard, small kids don t have great blood-brain barriers. That s why ...

First author Tim Ziebarth shows the atypical glutamate release events on the screen, which were visualized using a fluorescence sensor. Our brain requires a constant supply of energy. A disrupted ...