Sep. 2, 2021 — Brain regulation of feeding behavior traits has remained incompletely understood. In a new study, researchers discovered a connection between the function of the opioid system and food craving ...
Aug. 26, 2021 — Microscopic roundworms may hold the key to understanding what is happening in the brain when the instinct of an animal changes in order to ...
Aug. 17, 2021 — Recent research has found that changes in the gut microbiota -- the trillions of bacteria and other microbes that live in the intestines -- can alter the brain and behavior. A new study could ...
Aug. 5, 2021 — People with autism spectrum disorder interpret facial expressions differently. Researchers have revealed more about how this comes to be. They induced abnormalities into a neural network model to ...
Aug. 4, 2021 — A new mathematical model for predicting infectious disease outbreaks incorporates fear -- both of disease and of vaccines -- to better understand how pandemics can occur in multiple waves of ...
Aug. 3, 2021 — Researchers report that infantile spasms, a rare but serious seizure disorder in babies, appear to be the result of a molecular pathway gone awry. In their study of a mouse model of the disorder, the ...
July 28, 2021 — Brain imaging and mathematical modeling reveal previously unreported mechanistic features of symptoms associated with major depressive ...
July 27, 2021 — Researchers discovered that although the brain regulates feeding for pleasure and for hunger through serotonin-producing neurons in the midbrain, each type of feeding is wired by its own independent ...
July 23, 2021 — Long thought of as a generic alarm system, the locus coeruleus may actually be a sophisticated regulator of learning and behavior, according to a new ...
July 23, 2021 — Researchers have discovered that spontaneous impulses of dopamine, the neurological messenger known as the brain's 'feel good' chemical, occur in the brain of mice. The study found ...
July 22, 2021 — Older adults may be slower to learn actions and behaviors that benefit themselves, but new research shows they are just as capable as younger people of learning behaviors that benefit ...
July 16, 2021 — The brain mechanisms underlying the suppression of fear responses have attracted a lot of attention as they are relevant for therapy of human anxiety disorders. Despite our broad understanding of the ...
July 15, 2021 — Burnout. It is a syndrome that is said to afflict humans who feel chronic stress. But after conducting a novel study using trail cameras showing the interactions between white-tailed deer fawns and ...
July 15, 2021 — If you didn't have a brain, could you still navigate your surroundings? Thanks to new research on slime molds, the answer may be 'yes.' Scientists discovered that the brainless ...
July 15, 2021 — Scientists have opened the door to improved treatment of brain dysfunction which causes ...
July 13, 2021 — A research team revealed a newly developed hydrogel-based flexible brain-machine ...
July 12, 2021 — Researchers found that a four-week training course made a substantial difference in helping special education teachers anticipate different ways students with learning disabilities might solve math ...
July 9, 2021 — Babies younger than four weeks old, called neonates, were once thought not to perceive pain due to not-yet-fully-developed sensory systems, but modern research says ...
July 8, 2021 — Researchers recently examined how biological factors impact anxiety disorders. The team studied male and female rodent models to better understand sex differences in biological responses related to ...
July 8, 2021 — Light therapy can help improve the mood of people with seasonal affective disorder (SAD) during short winter days, but exactly how this therapy works is not well understood. A new study finds that ...
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