A lifeline for addicts
Restoring the brain’s flexibility may help addicts act on their desire to quit. Read this story at Scientific American Mind.
Tag: glutamate
Dissecting cognition at the synapse
Two studies from the United Kingdom, published December 2 in Nature Neuroscience, use genetics and mouse-friendly touchscreens to dissect theContinue Reading
Simulating schizophrenia with ketamine
Disrupting glutamate signals in the brain blurs the contrast between the brain’s background “default” activity and its task-related engagement, accordingContinue Reading
Antipsychotic balancing act?
A new study in Cell proposes that the therapeutic effects of both atypical antipsychotic drugs and the newer glutamate candidates dependContinue Reading
Michele Solis 