Playing certain brain-training games may boost production of a neurotransmitter responsible for attention and focus, ...

A brain exercise a day might keep you current—it might even revive your brain chemistry. In a landmark clinical trial led by ...

In a world-first breakthrough, scientists have shown that 10 weeks of brain exercises using a game-like app are enough to ...

The McGill study found 10 weeks’ use of the game-like app BrainHQ by older adults (for 30 minutes a day) significantly upregulated the chemical system in the brain which produces acetylcholine (the ...

In recent years, nootropics, also called smart drugs, have gained popularity among people looking to improve their mental performance. Acetylcholine is a neurotransmitter, or brain chemical, that ...

An international research team has mapped the millisecond-by-millisecond process by which nerve signals activate muscles, uncovering a previously unseen “primed” intermediate step.

Acetylcholine is a neurotransmitter produced in the brain that plays an important role in muscle movements, thinking, and working memory, according to the National Library of Medicine. Working memory ...

Acetylcholine is a chemical messenger, or neurotransmitter, that plays an important role in brain and muscle function. Imbalances in acetylcholine are linked with chronic conditions, such as Alzheimer ...

Figure 1: Endocrine cells in human pancreatic islets express cholinergic markers. Figure 2: Human alpha cells express vAChT and ChAT. Figure 3: Isolated human islets secrete acetylcholine (ACh) in ...