New proteomics research is enabling scientists to decipher how neurotransmitter receptors behave and change as an organism develops. The new work could help scientists better understand the formation ...

New studies show that astrocytes, also known as support cells or “silent cells,” have a larger impact on brain function than previously assumed. Previously, astrocytes were thought to provide a suppor ...

Insomnia is a common sleep disorder experienced by 10 to 30 percent of adults. The primary medications for insomnia are those ...

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The most common type of brain tumor in children, pilocytic astrocytoma (PA), accounts for about 15% of all pediatric brain tumors.

The brain channels sugar into energy and neurotransmitters, but tumors use it to make materials for more cancer cells,' says ...