Your body functions using chemical messages that are directed throughout your system with specific targets. These chemical messages are carried by neurotransmitters, which act as a messenger directing ...

Dopamine is a neurotransmitter and hormone that works with your brain’s reward system and sends messages between your brain and body, Cleveland Clinic explains. Dopamine gives us a sense of pleasure ...

Researchers have developed a system that connects two neurons by using light-emitting enzymes and light-sensitive ion channels. Our brains are made of billions of neurons, which are connected forming ...

People with obesity are ten times more likely to develop diabetes compared with lean people. Researchers trying to understand why have found an answer in the same system that drives the body’s ...

While neurotransmitters such as serotonin are best known for their roles in brain health, receptors for neurotransmitters are located throughout the human body," explained the study's senior author, ...