Increasing gamma-aminobutyric acid (GABA) and balancing glutamate, brain chemicals called neurotransmitters, may help alleviate symptoms of fibromyalgia (FMS) and chronic fatigue syndrome (ME/CFS).

The researchers genetically engineered the three types of neuron — which release the neurotransmitters GABA, glutamate and serotonin — in the median raphe nucleus of mice to express a light ...

“Most people, they think GABA, because it is the most common inhibitory neurotransmitter ... you can kind of know that NMDA, which is actually a glutamate receptor — it’s one of the two glutamate ...

You see, up until that point, your brain has been ramping up the activity of receptors called GABA. They're what give you that calming buzz. And at the same time, it's been blocking glutamate ...

SUNY Geneseo has two active research labs on campus that utilize rodent animal models. I entered one of them in the spring of ...