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Neuroscientists have mapped the feeling of cool touch to the brain’s insula in a mouse model. The findings provide an experimental model that will advance research into conditions like pain and hypersensitivity to cold and help researchers to continue …

A study of mice with diet-induced obesity suggests that increases in anxiety and depression behavior may be due to gut bacteria altering brain chemistry.

Facial tics are sudden, involuntary muscle movements in the face. They can be mild or severe, making it difficult for a person to carry out everyday activities. Facial tic disorders include transient tic disorder, chronic motor tic disorder, and Touret…

The study of a Quebec family with an unusual gene provides novel insight into how our brain is built and, according to scientists, offers a better understanding of psychiatric disorders such as depression, addictions and schizophrenia.

A new study of over 1,500 obituaries finds that religious affiliation is linked with a 4-year longevity boost. Social conformity may play a role.

It’s the comparative silence between the firing spikes of neurons that tells what they are really up to, scientists report.

In a world first, researchers have revealed how a deadly fungus and primary cause of life-threatening meningitis exploits the immune system like a ‘Trojan Horse’ to promote infection.

Like everyone, people with type 2 diabetes and obesity suffer from depression and anxiety, but even more so. Researchers now have demonstrated a surprising potential contributor to these negative feelings — and that is the bacteria in the gut or gut m…

An intriguing new study on facial perception concludes that wrinkles around the eyes make the emotions of an individual appear more sincere.