Full Width [alt+shift+f] Shortcuts [alt+shift+k]
Sign Up [alt+shift+s] Log In [alt+shift+l]
38
Drugs that target the neurotransmitter serotonin have long been prescribed to treat depression. Now the spotlight is turning to other aspects of brain chemistry. In this episode, the neuropharmacologist John Krystal shares findings that are overturning our understanding of depression. The post What Happens in the Brain to Cause Depression? first appeared on Quanta Magazine
11 months ago

Improve your reading experience

Logged in users get linked directly to articles resulting in a better reading experience. Please login for free, it takes less than 1 minute.

More from Quanta Magazine

The Molecular Bond That Helps Secure Your Memories

How do memories last a lifetime when the molecules that form them turn over within days, weeks or months? An interaction between two proteins points to a molecular basis for memory. The post The Molecular Bond That Helps Secure Your Memories first appeared on Quanta Magazine

2 days ago 1 votes
Dimension 126 Contains Strangely Twisted Shapes, Mathematicians Prove

A new proof represents the culmination of a 65-year-old story about anomalous shapes in special dimensions. The post Dimension 126 Contains Strangely Twisted Shapes, Mathematicians Prove first appeared on Quanta Magazine

4 days ago 1 votes
Will AI Ever Understand Language Like Humans?

AI may sound like a human, but that doesn’t mean that AI learns like a human. In this episode, Ellie Pavlick explains why understanding how LLMs can process language could unlock deeper insights into both AI and the human mind. The post Will AI Ever Understand Language Like Humans? first appeared on Quanta Magazine

a week ago 1 votes
Science, Promise and Peril in the Age of AI

An exploration of how artificial intelligence is changing what it means to do science and math, and what it means to be a scientist. The post Science, Promise and Peril in the Age of AI first appeared on Quanta Magazine

a week ago 1 votes
Where Do Scientists Think This Is All Going?

We asked some of the world’s foremost experts an impossible question. Amazingly, they answered. The post Where Do Scientists Think This Is All Going? first appeared on Quanta Magazine

a week ago 1 votes

More in science

The evolution of psychiatry

How to separate order from disorder

20 hours ago 2 votes
Ozempic and Muscle Mass

Are GLP-1 drugs causing excess muscle loss compared to non-pharmacological weight loss?

13 hours ago 2 votes
Floating Nuclear Power Plants

This is an intriguing idea, and one that I can see becoming critical over the next few decades, or never manifesting – developing a fleet of floating nuclear power plants. One company, Core Power, is working on this technology and plans to have commercially deployable plants by 2035. Company press releases touting their own technology […] The post Floating Nuclear Power Plants first appeared on NeuroLogica Blog.

23 hours ago 2 votes
The Molecular Bond That Helps Secure Your Memories

How do memories last a lifetime when the molecules that form them turn over within days, weeks or months? An interaction between two proteins points to a molecular basis for memory. The post The Molecular Bond That Helps Secure Your Memories first appeared on Quanta Magazine

2 days ago 1 votes
An 80,000-year history of the tomato

Creating the perfect vegetable

2 days ago 1 votes