Social trauma impairs reward function in the brain, making social interaction no longer rewarding and triggering social avoidance.
Researchers discovered a specific neurotransmitter that helps assign either positive or negative emotions to memories.
Study identifies a key role the brainstem neurotensinergic neurons play in non-REM sleep regulation.
Specific neurons in the central nucleus of the amygdala regulate alcohol consumption.
Optogenetics and brain imaging techniques allow researchers to identify a small cluster of neurons in the hypothalamus that trigger attraction, a new study reports.
