FeaturedNeurosciencePsychology·November 12, 2021·5 min readCaring, Confident Dads Have Structurally Different BrainsFathers who have more positive attitudes about their parenting abilities, and fatherhood in general, show differences in their brains to those who don't, researchers report.Read More
FeaturedNeuroscienceOpen Neuroscience Articles·October 25, 2021·5 min readAir Pollution Reduces Sperm Counts Through Brain InflammationA new mouse study reveals the impact of air pollution on male fertility. Researchers report air pollution reduces sperm count in mice by inducing inflammation in specific brain areas.Read More
FeaturedNeuroscienceOpen Neuroscience Articles·October 1, 2021·4 min readFight or Flight, Unless Internal Clocks Are DisruptedDaily release of glucocorticoids depends on coordination between the clock gene and activity rhythms of neurons within two parts of the hypothalamus.Read More
FeaturedNeuroscience·August 25, 2021·4 min readBrain Circuitry That Motivates Mating in Mice IdentifiedStudy reveals the precise hypothalamic neurons associated with mating motivation in mice. The findings could lead to new treatments for psychiatric disorders which do not impact libido.Read More
FeaturedNeuroscience·August 18, 2021·6 min readHow Neuro-Immune Interactions Burn Deep FatResearchers identified the mechanisms in which neuro-immune processes trigger brain signals to instruct immune functions in visceral fat stores. The findings could pave the way for new treatments for obesity.Read More
FeaturedNeuroscience·August 9, 2021·7 min readFight-or-Flight Response Is Altered in Healthy Young People Who Had COVID-19Regardless of symptom severity, otherwise healthy young people diagnosed with COVID-19 develop abnormalities with the system that governs the fight-or-flight response in the sympathetic nervous system.Read More
FeaturedNeuroscience·July 27, 2021·8 min readThree Brain Responses Linked to Successful Weight Loss SurgeryNeuroimaging study reveals three distinct response types in brain areas that control hunger, food intake, and appetite in patients who had undergone weight loss surgery.Read More
FeaturedNeuroscience·July 27, 2021·6 min readEating for Hunger or Pleasure? Regulating These Feeding Behaviors Involves Different Brain CircuitsThe brain regulates both eating for hunger and pleasure through serotonin-producing neurons in the midbrain, but the different types of feeding are wired by independent circuits that do not influence the other type of feeding.Read More
FeaturedNeuroscience·July 5, 2021·2 min readThe Same Neural Pathways Promote Maternal and Paternal Behaviors in VolesConnections between oxytocin neurons in the hypothalamus and dopamine neurons in the reward system drive parenting behaviors in both male and female voles.Read More
FeaturedNeuroscienceOpen Neuroscience ArticlesPsychology·June 1, 2021·4 min readWhy Moms Take Risks to Protect Their InfantsA mother's overwhelming desire to take risks in the face of danger to protect her child, and other nurturing behaviors, are driven by neurons in the cMPOA region of the hypothalamus which contains a protein called the calcitonin receptor.Read More
FeaturedNeuroscience·April 24, 2021·5 min readWhy Does Food Smell so Good When We’re Hungry?A study of hungry mice sheds new light on the neurobiology of olfaction and food attraction. Researchers identified a pathway that promotes attraction to food odors over other olfactory cues.Read More
FeaturedNeuroscience·April 15, 2021·4 min readUncovering the Secret of the Hunger Switch in the BrainStudy sheds new light on how the brain regulates hunger. The findings may help with the development of new drugs to fight obesity.Read More
