Hebrew University of Jerusalem and SUNY Stony Brook scientists discover linked chemicals in pre-clinical trials in mice, ...

Acetylcholine "conductors" in the striatum directly trigger serotonin release, offering new insights into the origins of OCD ...

Touching repeatedly a particular object, biting your nails, washing your hands every ten minutes... these irrepressible rituals sometimes punctuate our lives, especially during periods of high anxiety ...

Scientists have uncovered a powerful strategy that the brain uses to coordinate chemical signaling. In a new study, ...

In a recent Nature study, researchers discovered that Crym-expressing astrocytes in the central striatum play a key role in the manifestation of repetitive behaviors associated with many ...

Researchers discover a new dopamine signal in the striatum that acts as a guidance system, encoding trajectory errors to ...

Neurological disorders, such as addiction, depression, and obsessive-compulsive disorder (OCD), affect millions of people worldwide and are often characterized by complex pathologies involving ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. No single gene causes OCD, but identifying the genetic markers linked to the condition can help clarify how it develops. Viktoria ...

A Boston University-led research team has discovered a dopamine signal in the brain that helps determine whether you are ...

A recent study from Baylor College of Medicine and Texas Children’s Hospital has identified a specific neural activity pattern as a novel biomarker to accurately predict and monitor the clinical ...