The scent of danger: A 70-year-old puzzle solved - When injured, many freshwater fish release an alarm substance that triggers fear in other members of their school. This substance, which is found in ...
A New Strategy for Treating Neuropathic Pain - Conventional methods of pain treatment have often proved ineffective in the treatment of neuropathic pain. Here, in an effort to develop a new therapeuti...
Infant calming responses during maternal carrying in humans and mice
Mother-infant bonding is the earliest and most critical social relationship of mammalian infants, one that is promoted by an infant's innate desire to be close to his or her mother (as demonstrated by...
Control of Glutamate Receptor Function in the Hippocampus
The hippocampus plays a pivotal role for learning and memory. In this video we show how two proteins—CKAMP44 and TARP gamma-8—that bind to AMPA receptors control information flow into the hippocampus....
Structural Insights into Competitive Antagonism in NMDA Receptors
Overactive N-methyl-D-aspartate (NMDA) receptors are implicated in several neurological disorders. However, mechanistic understanding of antagonism in NMDA receptors is limited due to a lack of antago...
