An ultrasound device that can precisely stimulate areas deep in the brain without surgery has been developed by researchers ...

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

In a groundbreaking collaboration, scientists created the first complete brain-wide map of decision-making in mammals, ...

Bipolar disorder (BD) is a chronic mental health condition characterized by recurrent episodes of depression and mania.

Overactivity in the reticular thalamic nucleus was shown to cause autism-like behaviors in mice. Drugs that reduce this ...

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 ...

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

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

You own the most valuable real estate in the world. Deep inside your brain is the nucleus accumbens, a pea-size bundle of ...