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Scientists gain detailed images of how a protein that calms brain activity works
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Scientists gain detailed images of how a protein that calms brain activity works

The findings provide a clear path to uncovering new drugs to control addiction, pain and neurological disorders such as epilepsy and muscle spasticity CREDIT: (ILLUSTRATION BY YEKATERINA KADYSHEVSKAYA/BRIDGE INSTITUTE AT THE USC MICHELSON CENTER FOR CONVERGENT BIOSCIENCE.) As the body goes about its daily business, molecules called neurotransmitters control the level of electrical activity within...

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Why we are hard-wired to worry, and what we can do to calm down

by James Carmody, The Conversation A new year brings both hopes and anxieties. We want things to be better for ourselves and the people we love, but worry that they won’t be, and imagine some of the things that might stand in the way. More broadly, we might worry about who’s going to win the...