A new brain imaging study published in the journal Neuroscience00304-5/fulltext) has found that authoritarian attitudes on both the political left and right are linked to specific structural ...

By mapping the subcellular architecture and protein interactions within cells, researchers can better understand how mutations contribute to pediatric cancers and other conditions.

WASHINGTON (AP) — Thanks to a mouse watching clips from “The Matrix,” scientists have created the largest functional map of a ...

Scientists from Princeton have discovered that the amygdala in the brain is responsible for the long-term avoidance of foods after poisoning. Studies on mice show how emotions affect our taste ...

Nov. 12, 2019 — UTSA researchers are pioneering an innovative brain study that sheds light on how the amygdala portion of the brain functions and could contribute to a better understanding of ...

Here, we demonstrate in male mice that NPY input from the basolateral amygdala (BLA) to the NAc is involved in the preferential consumption of a high-fat diet (HFD). First, we demonstrated the NPY ...

Any arrows drawn on diagrams of the brain and skull to show its movement should not be taken as the complete truth. “Everyone accepts that there must be some kind of flow here,” said Christer ...

Get Instant Summarized Text (Gist) AI analysis of over 4,200 clinical reports from a child cohort in Montreal identified key factors in autism diagnosis. The study found that criteria related to ...

Researchers have found that when we deny and suppress feelings, it increases activity in the amygdala – the part of the brain which deals with emotions – which makes us feel more stressed.

Semantic concept neurons have also been found in different parts of the MTL, such as the amygdala and the entorhinal cortex. Recently, Mormann and his team identified smell-specific concept cells ...