Acetylcholine plays a vital role as a neurotransmitter that oversees cognitive tasks, memory, and the regulation of mood. With aging, our body’s generation of acetylcholine decreases ...

Anticholinergics are drugs that block acetylcholine and can help in the treatment of Parkinson's disease, allergies, insomnia ...

Several experts state that even 10 minutes a day of mindful meditation can profoundly impact stress levels and feelings of ...

If you’ve been diagnosed with major depressive disorder, seasonal affective depression or any other type of depression, your ...

Cytisinicline is a partial agonist of α4β2 nicotinic acetylcholine receptors that mediate nicotine dependence. In a prior ...

Professor Weil says treatments for dementia include drugs that make a neurotransmitter called acetylcholine more available in the brain. ‘People with Parkinson’s do very well on them. ‘Other non-motor ...

Molecular-cloning studies have revealed the existence of five molecularly distinct mammalian muscarinic acetylcholine receptors (mAChRs), M 1 –M 5, which are all members of the superfamily of ...

Junk food in general – or a diet rich in fat and sugar – may cause long-term damage to adolescent brains, research suggests.

The neurotransmitters—in our example, acetylcholine, a common variety—bind onto receptors (shown here as green blossoms) on the surface of the recipient neuron. This opens channels in the cell ...

This happens because stress hormones are reduced and acetylcholine, the chief neurotransmitter in your parasympathetic ...

The neurotransmitters—in our example, acetylcholine, a common variety—bind onto receptors (shown here as green blossoms) on the surface of the recipient neuron. This opens channels in the cell ...