Cocaine, a drug of abuse, activates just a portion—10% to 20%—of the neurons in the brain's nucleus accumbens, a critical ...

In a study published in Science Advances, University of Alabama at Birmingham researchers led by Kasey Brida and Jeremy Day, ...

Cocaine, a drug of abuse, activates just a portion — 10 to 20 percent — of the neurons in the brain's nucleus accumbens, a ...

Everyday human behavior is guided and shaped by the search for rewards . This includes eating tasty meals, drinking something ...

Brazilian researchers found that boosting the synthesis of hevin, a glycoprotein naturally secreted by astrocytes, led to ...

During learning and development, the level of synaptic input received by cortical neurons may change dramatically. Given a limited range of possible firing rates, how do neurons maintain ...

Semaglutide, a synthetic analog of glucagon-like peptide-1 (GLP-1), has garnered attention for its intriguing properties and potential implications in various r ...

So is it actually possible for adults to grow neurons? While some experts believe there's strong evidence that we can gain ...

where they are involved in neuronal survival, synaptic plasticity and the formation of long-lasting memories. Non-shivering thermogenesis in brown adipose tissue (BAT) is tightly controlled by ...

This is a potentially valuable modeling study on sequence generation in the hippocampus in a variety of behavioral contexts. While the scope of the model is ambitious, its presentation is incomplete ...