It’s a well-known messenger in the brain: a neurotransmitter dubbed GABA that mellows us out. Drug developers have been tinkering with it for decades, and they’ve scored some big hits, notably Xanax ...

It may be possible to reduce the severity of COVID-19 symptoms with an inexpensive amino acid that could open up new treatment options for patients. GABA is a natural molecule that is available ...

Medically reviewed by Stella Bard, MD Key Takeaways Yoga might boost GABA in the brain. Benzodiazepines can increase the ...

Antiepileptic drugs (AEDs) protect against seizures by modulation of voltage-gated sodium and calcium channels, enhancement of GABA A (γ-aminobutyric acid, type A) receptor-mediated synaptic ...

A new study shows that balanced neural inhibition in the hippocampus is crucial for recognition memory, the ability to remember objects we’ve recently encountered.

Researchers at the Indian Institute of Science and collaborators used cryo-EM to decode the molecular architecture of a transporter protein controlling the movement of gamma-aminobutyric acid (GABA).

A neurotransmitter previously thought only to calm neurons may also play a role in waking them up, according to a study published in the journal PLOS Biology, a discovery which challenges the textbook ...

Research funded by the National Institute on Drug Abuse, the National Institutes of Health, suggests that gamma vinyl-GABA (GVG)--a drug used to treat epilepsy--may prove to be an effective treatment ...

Shares of Sage Therapeutics (SAGE) soared more than 20% today after the company announced that the U.S. Food and Drug Administration will allow an expedited development program for one of its most ...

Spinal cord injuries caused by trauma such as traffic accidents or falls can lead to the permanent loss of motor and sensory functions. That is because there is a “brake” in the spinal cord, which ...