The links between neurons are crucial to the brain, and brain cells can reorganize they way they are linked together in a ...

New research reveals that neurons release a little-understood extracellular kinase called VLK to strengthen synaptic connections, providing a missing piece in how the nervous system adapts during ...

BUFFALO, N.Y. — When it comes to brain proteins, small changes can make a dramatic difference. Researchers studying NMDA (N-methyl-D-aspartate) receptors, which are essential for learning, memory and ...

A fundamental discovery about phosphorylation, a key mechanism that enables nervous system connections to strengthen, may ...

A new study suggests a potential molecular strategy for treating fragile X syndrome, an inherited neurodevelopmental disorder that causes autism spectrum disorder and intellectual disability. This ...

For the first time, researchers identified the function of the CASKIN2 protein, which plays a key role in precise signal ...

relationship between anti-NMDA receptor encephalitis and vaccination (or tumors). In addition, it is worth mentioning that HPV can cause cancers, and anti-NMDA receptor encephalitis is associated with ...

Ketamine, a decades-old anesthetic drug, holds much promise as a new antidepressant. It acts more quickly than traditional antidepressants—on the order of hours rather than weeks—and helps people for ...