Science news articles about 'neuronal excitability'

... Press in the November 26th issue of the journal Neuron, pinpoints a specific group of brain cells ... findings indicate that 5-HT2CRs regulate neuronal excitability through actions in other CNS sites, ...

... Howlett's breakthrough was identifying the negative feedback loop that acts to maintain neuronal excitability at normal levels. "What we found was that glutamate, which is released due to neuronal ...

... can create shortcuts between the distal and proximal compartments of the neuron, resulting in enhanced neuronal excitability. The study was conducted in the Laboratory of Neural Microcircuitry at ...

... CSD and the animal correlate of migraine aura, was susceptible to TMS therapy, with the wave of neuronal excitation blocked on over 50 percent of occasions." The study findings showed that migraine ...

... , such over expression of Isoform 3.1 in schizophrenia could result in "abnormally increased neuronal excitability, runaway circuit activity and inefficient information processing," suggested Stephen ...

... drug that fits the alcohol-binding site and then activate GIRK channels, this would dampen overall neuronal excitability in the brain and perhaps provide a new tool for treating ...

... transmission of the neurotransmitter GABA, which plays an important role in regulating neuronal excitability. "We believe we may have identified part of the neurochemical basis underlying behavioral ...