UNIGE scientists identified a brain circuit where lies the origin the social difficulties experienced by people with autism spectrum disorders. From birth, human survival depends on the ability to ...

Scientists know the stomach talks to the brain, but two new studies from Rutgers Health researchers suggest the conversation is really a tug-of-war, with one side urging another bite, the other ...

Scientists have recreated morphine-like pain relief in mice with a targeted therapy that avoids addiction-linked brain ...

Scientists uncovered how the brain’s bed nucleus of the stria terminalis acts as a master switchboard, merging reward and need signals to control eating, a discovery that could guide new treatments ...

Researchers have revealed neural circuits in the brainstem that are crucially involved in implementing decisions by controlling three fundamental behavioral states or strategies: perseverance, ...

Neuroscience lab exploring the brain circuits responsible for motivation and addiction using viral tracing and advanced microscopy techniques in rodent models. This project is for any student ...

In a study published in Neuron on January 16, a research team led by Prof. LIU Xin'an and Prof. CHEN Zuxin from the Shenzhen Institutes of Advanced Technology (SIAT) of the Chinese Academy of Sciences ...