Decision-making, the process through which humans choose between different available options, has been the topic of countless ...

When the germ-free mice were just a handful of days old, the researchers found fewer neurons in their PVN, even when microbes were introduced after birth. That suggests the changes caused by these ...

Excess activity in reticular thalamic nucleus sparks autism traits in mice; treatments to calm it reversed sensitivity and repetition.

MSU researchers discovered that microbes begin shaping the brain while still in the womb, influencing neurons in a region ...

Stanford Medicine scientists investigating the neurological underpinnings of autism spectrum disorder have found that ...

Overactivity in the reticular thalamic nucleus was shown to cause autism-like behaviors in mice. Drugs that reduce this activity reversed the symptoms. Researchers at Stanford Medicine studying the ne ...

Researchers uncovered that hypothalamic neurons safeguard blood sugar overnight by directing fat breakdown, preventing ...