For the first time, researchers have determined how a human olfactory receptor captures an airborne scent molecule, the pivotal chemical event that triggers our sense of smell. Whether it evokes roses ...

Researchers from the University of Bonn are using an innovative method to watch immune receptors go about their business. Immune cells are capable of detecting infections just like a sniffer dog, ...

In a major brain science breakthrough, New Orleans-based researchers and collaborators have discovered a nerve signaling ...

The links between neurons are crucial to the brain, and brain cells can reorganize they way they are linked together in a ...

The researchers captured eight unique structural models and 16 cryogenic electron microscopy maps of the receptor with both ...

Our easy-to-read fact sheet provides clinicians with an overview of the mechanism of GLP-1 agonists. Our easy-to-read fact sheets provide clinicians with reliable information to share with patients ...

Naloxone, also known by the brand name Narcan, is one of the most important drugs in the United States' fight against the ...

Taste, pain, or response to stress—nearly all essential functions in the human body are regulated by molecular switches called G protein-coupled receptors (GPCRs). Researchers at the University of ...

Vertebrate lonesome kinase mediates a key interaction between neurons involved in injury-induced pain and helps explain ...