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Neurons in mosquito antennae can express more than one olfactory receptor at a time, a redundancy that likely ensures they don’t lose a potential host’s scent.

Niacin, a form of vitamin B3 used to treat cardiovascular disease, helps immune cells in the brain fight neurodegenerative diseases such as Alzheimer’s in mice models, according to recent studies. Researchers hope that human clinical trials will swiftly follow.

Signals from sweeteners and sugars are relayed from the gut to the brain by different neural pathways, a new study concludes.

His work revealed that sharks use an electromagnetic sense to navigate and detect prey.

Men given high doses of two antihistamine drugs did not experience the same benefits of high intensity interval training that men on a placebo enjoyed, revealing some of the molecular underpinnings of exercise’s effect.

Emerging data as well as knowledge from the SARS and MERS coronavirus outbreaks yield some clues as to why SARS-CoV-2 affects some people worse than others.

Researchers link levels of a receptor in the brain to suicidal ideation in people with post-traumatic stress disorder.

Originally intended for basic neuroscience research, the drugs were ultimately hijacked for illicit recreational use.

Researchers have identified what makes synapses strong or weak in fruit flies.

Aimovig will soon be available for individuals who have four or more migraines a month.

The receptors, found in so-called elite controllers who don’t need medications to keep the virus in check, suggest a new path toward immunotherapy.

Humans living in higher latitudes tend to have a variant of a gene involved in sensing cold temperatures, but it comes with a cost.  

A single receptor on natural killer cells recognizes an amino acid sequence conserved across Zika, dengue, and related pathogens.

Amphibians resist their own chemical defenses with amino acid modifications in the sequence for a target receptor.

A study traces proteins’ evolution from the immune to the olfactory system.

A study finds the so-called DREADD method of manipulating neurons using a drug called CNO actually works via clozapine.

The system responsible for the buzz humans get from marijuana plays a passel of physiological roles outside the brain.

The cell-surface receptor, SIRP-alpha, initiates the innate immune response in hosts.