Neurobiologists have made a breakthrough in understanding how environmental factors might contribute to autism spectrum ...

Alcohol’s sedative effects are also a result of its effects on the brain chemical glutamate, which is a stimulatory ...

Acamprosate modulates glutamate neurotransmitter pathways through an unknown mechanism to reduce alcohol withdrawal hyperexcitability. Acamprosate has been shown to be beneficial in a subgroup of ...

Voltage clamp recording at an intermediate voltage shows that the two opposing neurotransmitters, glutamate and GABA, are co-released by a fraction of synapses in many regions throughout the brain.