Deep brain stimulation or DBS involves implanting a small electrode into specific areas of the brain. This then delivers ...

Social support is thought to be an adaptive response to extreme stressors, Platt said. This means that having strong social ...

Researchers have revealed neural circuits in the brainstem that are crucially involved in implementing decisions by controlling three fundamental behavioral states or strategies: perseverance, ...

Researchers have revealed neural circuits in the brainstem that are crucially involved in implementing decisions by ...

This study uncovers a specialized circuit in the striatum that encodes reward variance, offering new perspectives on learning ...

A comedian who suffered a traumatic brain injury has channelled his recovery ... In the 1990s he moved away from the comedy circuit to focus on family life, and it was while living and working ...

PHILADELPHIA (February 26, 2025) – Imagine a future where the grip of cocaine use disorder can be loosened, where cravings fade, and the risk of relapse diminishes. A new study published in Science ...

Imagine a future where the grip of cocaine use disorder can be loosened, where cravings fade, and the risk of relapse diminishes. A new study published in Science Advances, led by Penn Nursing’s Heath ...

By targeting the brain's "reward circuit" (the orbitofrontal cortex, Brodmann area 25, amygdala, etc.) and managing environmental and time of day factors, DeepFocus could disrupt the brain's ...

By targeting the brain’s “reward circuit” (the orbitofrontal cortex, Brodmann area 25, amygdala, etc.) and managing environmental and time of day factors, DeepFocus could disrupt the brain’s ...

How does the brain gauge risk and reward in making these calls? The answer to this question continues to puzzle scientists, but a new study carried out by researchers at Harvard Medical School and ...