Can caffeine save your social life? New research shows how caffeine restores social memory impaired by sleep deprivation by targeting the hippocampal CA2 region. Learn about the molecular mechanisms ...
How does dopamine control both movement and learning? New research reveals that acetylcholine acts as a "switch" for dopamine ...
Sleep loss selectively disrupts memory-related brain circuits and behavior, while caffeine restores synaptic plasticity and ...
‘Tired and wired’ is a common feeling following an all-nighter. While the body is tired, the brain is giddily active. Although chronic sleep loss is well-studied, brief sleep loss- such as when ...
Scientists have long studied the role of dopamine, a chemical in the brain that helps control learning and movement, in order ...
Cognitive tasks, such as learning and memory, require rapid changes to proteins at synapses, such as protein synthesis, degradation, and trafficking. How protein post-translational modifications ...
Neuroscience, Active Learning, Teaching, Learning Process, Student Support, Effective Pedagogy through Neuroscience Share and ...
Research in Focus is a series that highlights Neurobiology faculty members’ papers in peer-reviewed journals. Linda Overstreet-Wadiche, Ph.D., professor in the department of Neurobiology, and vice ...
Explore neuroscience breakthroughs reshaping treatments for Alzheimer’s, Parkinson’s, PTSD, and other brain disorders.