Who hasn't been there? The big meal is over, you're full, but the craving for sweets remains. Researchers from the Max Planck ...

A brain pathway called the mesolimbic reward system is suspected to be involved in this process, but few studies have ...

Who hasn't been there? The big meal is over, you're full, but the craving for sweets remains. Researchers have now discovered that what we call the 'dessert stomach' is rooted in the brain. The same ...

We are convinced that the interconnections between different brain regions—believed to reflect communication pathways—play a particularly critical role,” said study author Kirsten Hilger ...

What happens in addiction is that, through completely natural processes involved in all learning, the brain prunes nerve pathways of attention and motivation to preferentially notice, focus on ...

Imagine your brain has all these neural pathways connecting different responses. If you’re stuck in a traffic jam, and you feel angry, that fires a series of neurons together. The first time you ...

Research in fruit flies has identified specific groups of cholinergic brain cells that are involved in alcohol-induced insomnia. This work could ultimately lead to targeted treatments for ...

The brain of humans and other animals is known ... "Using these chemogenetic tools, we were able to inhibit specific pathways at precise time points," said Rosenblum. "Additionally, we employed ...

circuits and tissues to brain structure and signal pathways, along with their functions. With recent breakthroughs of microlevel information processing and coding of neurons, and macrolevel ...