January 18, 2010 — Individuals with treatment-resistant depression tend to have the G/G genotype associated with higher levels of 5-HT 1A autoreceptors, and turning off some of those autoreceptors ...

A bitter taste has always been considered a warning signal, devoted to protecting us from ingesting potentially harmful ...

A basic function of cells is that they act in response to their environments. It makes sense, then, that a goal of scientists is to control that process, making cells respond how they want to what ...

ROCKVILLE, MD – In a surprising discovery, scientists have found that the heart possesses "sweet taste" receptors, similar to those on our tongues, and that stimulating these receptors with sweet ...

"G-protein coupled receptors, normally, can be activated by specific small molecules that bind in a pocket in the receptor," explained Nicholas Kalogriopoulos, a postdoctoral fellow in the Ting lab ...