The neuromodulator norepinephrine has an unexpected, direct action on auditory processing of complex signals, specifically bird songs in the zebra finch, new research suggests. For neuroscientists ...

Hearts were removed from rats and set up as isometrically beating or short-term hibernation models. The hearts were perfused with modified Krebs-Henseleit buffer under a controlled perfusion pressure.

Impaired function of a receptor that regulates release of a mood elevating hormone in the brain may be responsible for causing depression, anxiety and cardiovascular disorders, according to a Yale ...

Patients with sepsis are at high risk of acute kidney injury (AKI) and death, but the current approaches to preventing or decreasing AKI-associated mortality in this patient population are of limited ...

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Beyond its usual business at synapses, the neurotransmitter norepinephrine (aka noradrenaline) seems to help resident phagocytes clear the amyloid-β (Aβ) peptides that accumulate in the brains of ...

A sustained state of vigilance will generate a different type of memory than a momentary startle, and these differences are linked to distinct signaling molecules in the brains of mice. Researchers at ...

Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America, Vol. 115, No. 2 (January 9, 2018), pp. E310-E316 (7 pages) The memory for a new episode is formed immediately upon ...

New evidence indicates that the loss of two types of brain cells -- not just one as previously thought -- may trigger the onset of symptoms associated with Parkinson's disease. The evidence, based on ...