Using the polyamine toxin philanthotoxin, which selectively blocks calcium-permeable AMPA receptors, we show that synaptic transmission onto single hippocampal interneurons occurs by afferent-specific ...

Biomedical scientists reports a drug -- an estrogen receptor ligand called indazole chloride (IndCl) -- has the potential to improve vision in patients with multiple sclerosis, or MS. The study was ...

The thalamus sends afferent axons to the cortex where these axons terminate in one of the six lamina of the cortex. Most typically afferent axons terminate in layer IV (Lopez-Bendito & Molnar, 2003).

Neuropathic pain owing to lesions or disease of the nervous system remains a major neurological challenge. We now have to change the way we classify, diagnose and treat neuropathic pain from an ...

Scientists have developed a device that electronically stimulates tear production, which will offer hope to sufferers of dry eye syndrome, one of the most common eye diseases in the world. Scientists ...

- Neuroscience Industry Veteran to Lead Development of Chronic Pain Treatments; Technology Targets Novel Biological Pathway - PALO ALTO, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Afferent Pharmaceuticals, a ...