Research spanning more than 20 years has led the UPV/EHU's Neurochemistry and Neurodegeneration group under Dr. Rafael Rodríguez-Puertas to discover a promising avenue for the development of new ...

Scientists have come up with a drug that is a potential candidate for tackling memory deficits in the early stages of the disease in rodents. Research shows that the drug activates the cannabinoid ...

A University of the Basque Country (UPV/EHU) study proves that the WIN55.212-2 drug protects the brain and reverses the initial cognitive damage caused by dementia, and explains how it works ...

The interplay of mainly depressant and occasionally activating effects of alcohol creates chaos in the brain, leading to ...

This is an important study using a combination of optogenetics and calcium imaging to provide insight into the function of the cholinergic input to the prelimbic cortex in probabilistic spatial ...

It’s a sad fact that the manual transmission, while unlikely to go fully extinct anytime soon, is becoming increasingly rare. Driving culture is changing and so are driving habits; cars are also ...

Brace yourselves: There’s a new type of transmission that could upset the world order Its inventors describe it as a CVT with gears instead of mushy bands The team is looking to either license ...

WASHINGTON, Dec 16 (Reuters) - The U.S. Department of Energy has zeroed in on three regions of the country it has determined are in major need of new electric transmission infrastructure and ...

Introduction of Snapin–CT and peptides containing the SNAP–25 binding sequence into presynaptic superior cervical ganglion neurons in culture reversibly inhibited synaptic transmission.

The basal forebrain cholinergic system projects broadly throughout the cortex and constitutes a critical source of neuromodulation for arousal and attention. Traditionally, this system was thought to ...