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Many animals, including humans, can flexibly modulate their responsiveness to sounds according to different situations. This ...

Nighttime caffeine increases impulsive behavior in a new study. Timing, not just dose, alters brain function via dopamine.

Their work reveals that the brain doesn’t rely on a single prediction about future rewards. Instead, the population of diverse dopamine neurons encode a map of possible outcomes across time and ...

The findings of two recent studies give hope that the disease could one day be reversed in humans—but experts warn that this complex disease will likely need multiple complementary treatments.

An early-stage clinical trial in France appeared to help restore some brain function for three Parkinson's patients.View on ...

Striosomal S-D1 and S-D2 populations form parallel pathways to dopamine-containing nigral neurons. Credit: Current Biology (2024). DOI: 10.1016/j.cub.2024.09.070 ...

A previously overlooked dopamine-producing brain circuit drives hedonic eating, or eating for pleasure, according to a new study in mice. The findings offer insights into how GLP-1 agonist drugs ...