Medically reviewed by Rachel Goldman, PhD, FTOS Key Takeaways Serotonin is a neurotransmitter important for mood, digestion, and sleep.You can increase serotonin levels naturally through exercise and ...

Dopamine is the neurotransmitter everyone has heard of. Dopamine existed long—I mean really long—before there were humans. It can be traced back at least 600 million years in the history of life, ...

Neurons perform numerous complex tasks by communicating with each other via small messenger molecules called neurotransmitters. Accurately detecting them is crucial to understanding the functioning of ...

Scientists at St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital have drawn on structural biology expertise to determine structures of vesicular monoamine transporter 2 (VMAT2), a key component of neuronal ...

The brain is an almost inconceivably complex system of billions of neurons interlinked via trillions of connections that work to coordinate everything you do, think, and feel (Zimmer, 2011). This ...

(Nanowerk News) The animal brain consists of tens of billions of neurons or nerve cells that perform complex tasks like processing emotions, learning, and making judgments by communicating with each ...