Alpha Cognition Inc. (Nasdaq: ACOG) ("Alpha Cognition" [ACI], or the "Company"), a biopharmaceutical company developing novel ...

The brain has plans in place when fires break out. Normally, a molecule called PKD1 rushes in to the rescue, but in ...

A microscopic parasite quietly infects the brains of millions worldwide. Known scientifically as Toxoplasma gondii, this tiny ...

Toxoplasma gondii, a parasite, is silently affects brain signaling - possibly altering neural balance even in people without ...

Infection with a common parasite can seriously disrupt the brain function of intermediate hosts – potentially including ...

New research explains how a common brain parasite, called Toxoplasma gondii, can disrupt brain functions, even when it only ...

A team of scientists at the University of California, Riverside, explains in a paper published in PLOS Pathogens how a ...

A team of scientists at the University of California, Riverside, explains in a paper published in PLOS Pathogens how a ...

The astrocytes' response to neuronal signals can also change; they can modulate how they respond to neurotransmitters such as dopamine and glutamate. “Astrocytes are really big, and a single cell can ...

Around 30 years ago researchers began reporting that star-shaped glia called astrocytes could communicate with neurons. The idea was controversial, and further research produced contradictory results.

Glutamate release responses always took place at specific hotspots of an astrocyte, providing direct functional evidence for the existence of a specialized population of glutamatergic astrocytes ...

Volterra added, “We have identified a subgroup of astrocytes responding to selective stimulations with rapid glutamate release, which occurred in spatially delimited areas of these cells ...