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Acetylcholine plays a vital role as a neurotransmitter that oversees cognitive tasks, memory, and the regulation of mood. With aging, our body’s generation of acetylcholine decreases, which ...

Muscle twitching is a significant cause for concern when accompanied by other neurological symptoms such as muscle weakness, numbness, or tingling, Dr. Jacobson says. “In those situations, a good ...

Alcohol use disorder (AUD) affects about 400 million people worldwide and is a leading cause of serious illnesses such as ...

Texas A&M researchers found that chronic alcohol use disrupts cholinergic interneuron (CIN) firing patterns in the brain, ...

In particular, the finding that acetylcholine-receptor antagonists have an antiproliferative effect on neural stem cells has important implications for the understanding and treatment of Alzheimer ...

This is an important study using a combination of optogenetics and calcium imaging to provide insight into the function of the cholinergic input to the prelimbic cortex in probabilistic spatial ...

Discover groundbreaking research on how chronic alcohol use affects cognitive flexibility and brain signaling circuits, ...

Although bronchial hyperresponsiveness to cholinergic agents is a main feature of asthma, the role of anticholinergic drugs in chronic asthma management has been largely underestimated. Several ...