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Compulsive overeating and sugar addiction are major threats to human health, but potential treatments face the risk of impairing normal feeding behaviors that are crucial for survival. A new study reveals a reward-related neural circuit that specifical…

New deep-brain imaging shows activity of individual, genetically similar neurons to particular behaviors of mice. Scientists watched as one neuron was activated when a mouse searched for food while a nearly identical neuron next to it remained inactive…

Using an antioxidant to reverse inflammation in the brain caused by a high-fat diet greatly improves symptoms related to obesity and type 2 diabetes, a new study suggests. The research suggests that butein and other natural compounds that block inflamm…

New research could move the medical community one step closer toward effectively detecting concussion and quantifying its severity. Neuroscientists and concussion experts present a unique, simple and objective diagnostic tool for concussion that can be…

Does rising economic inequality causes trust to fall in society and thus endanger social cohesion? Recent academic research appears to support this notion.

Men and women who worry about cancer are more likely to want to get screened for colon cancer, but feeling uncomfortable at the thought of cancer makes them less likely to actually go for the test…

The research, published in Behavioral Brain Research, was conducted by Pilar Segura and Ignacio Morgado (coordinators), Laura Aldavert and Marc Ramoneda, psychobiologists of the Institute of…

UNC researchers find that the bigger the differences in brain activity related to emotion regulation, the more severe the autismMRI data composite: the yellow indicates the prefrontal cortex…

Using MRI scans, researchers have revealed multiple abnormalities in the brains of psychopaths that could hinder their ability to learn from being punished.

Study adds to understanding about why people may have difficulty accessing or keeping housingNearly three-quarters of homeless adults with mental illness in Canada show evidence of cognitive…