Making Memories

How do we form memories, and why does this process break down in autoimmune encephalitis?

The link between smoking and diabetes

New study reveals how a certain protein plays a role in both nicotine addiction and type II diabetes

General anesthetics are used in millions of surgeries each year, yet we still don’t know exactly how they work.

Zika and West Nile viruses cause cognitive problems when immune cells team up

Different conditions uncover how one protein is important in controlling pain

Did you know neurotoxins are used for research and medical treatments? But how do they work and why are they so deadly?

Targeting an important protein in the pathway of Alzheimer’s disease is not proving itself to be the cure-all people hoped for

A compound found in cannabis offers a new treatment for epilepsy

Migraines are much more than just headaches, so what exactly is going on in the brain to cause them?

How similar is coffee to other drugs?