The researchers used fiber photometry systems to detect neurotransmitters, which involved injecting the mice with fluorescent ...

A receptor that cannabis latches onto in the brain could be a promising target for future mental health treatments.

The AMPA group of brain receptors have mostly been assumed to be calcium impermeable and so were not thought to contribute to the calcium-dependent mechanisms underlying learning and memory.

“The protein, called cannabinoid receptor type 1 (CB1), is part of the blood-brain barrier, the dynamic structure that protects the brain by regulating the passage of molecules between the blood ...

The scientists showed that in fragile X model mice, increasing the receptor’s activity caused neurons in the hippocampus region of the brain to increase molecular signaling that suppressed excessive ...