The emotions felt during a soccer match may seem trivial, but they reveal profound brain mechanisms. This passion shared by ...

Immune system sends signals to the brain that reduce social behavior during illness, helping the body rest and recover.

The performance of skilled behaviors requires a balance between consistency and adaptability. Although the neural mechanisms that regulate this balance have been extensively studied at systems and ...

MIT-led research uncovers how IL-1β activates a specific brain circuit to drive sickness-induced social withdrawal during ...

Study shows social isolation following immune challenge is self-imposed and driven by an active neural process, rather than a secondary consequence of physiological symptoms of sickness.

Learn how your body uses an immune-to-brain communication line to nudge you away from others when you’re getting sick.

Love may feel mysterious, all-consuming, even transcendent, but cutting-edge neuroscience is beginning to show us that it is ...

A cytokine activates a specific neural circuit that causes social withdrawal in mice when sick, offering insight into the ...