FeaturedNeuroscience·September 2, 2015·5 min readResearchers Identify Population of Neurons Responsible for Alcohol AddictionAccording to a new study, alcohol consumption alters the function of medium spiny neurons in the dorsomedial striatum.Read More
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FeaturedNeurosciencePsychology·June 11, 2018·3 min readWhat Makes Aggressive Mice So Violent?Targeting a protein associated with addiction could help reduce aggression levels, researchers report.Read More
FeaturedNeuroscience·June 25, 2018·3 min readNicotine Alters Neurotransmission in Habit Forming Brain RegionAccording to a new study, nicotine reduces dorsal striatal output, underlying the urge to smoke and making it difficult to quite the addiction.Read More
AutismFeaturedGeneticsNeuroscience·January 31, 2022·4 min readGene-Environment Interactions That Drives AutismInducing massive inflammation resulted in an overexpression of Trpv4. The overexpression led to neural hyperexcitability that resulted in social avoidance behaviors associated with ASD in mouse models.Read More
FeaturedNeuroscienceOpen Neuroscience Articles·September 29, 2022·4 min readUnraveling the Reward Behavior: The Mechanisms Underlying the Dopamine Signaling PathwayThe direct phosphorylation of KCNQ2 by ERK occurs through the activation of the dopamine signaling pathway in the nucleus accumbens of mice.Read More
FeaturedGeneticsNeuroscience·February 25, 2023·6 min readA New Epigenetic Brain Defense Against Recurrence of Opioid UseHDAC5, the "epigenetics" enzyme, plays a key role in limiting opioid-associated memories and drug-seeking behaviors following abstinence from drugs in rats. The findings provide a new avenue for the treatment of opioid addiction.Read More
