Study reveals the map of neural responses that mediate taste perception does not involve a specific, specialized group of neurons, but overlapping and spatially distributed neural populations.
Learning to avoid certain tastes depends on the long term reduction in activity the connections between threat and taste sensors in the brain.
First responders at the World Trade Center have reduced cortical gray matter thickness, which was consistent with neurodegenerative conditions and evidence their brain age is, on average, ten years older than those of similar ages in the general population.
Researchers report a low carb-based diet may help to prevent or reverse signs of early brain aging in middle-aged people.
Typical interventions for schizophrenia do not improve long-term outcomes, even when administered early, a new study reports.
A new theoretical model helps explain how the gustatory cortex mediates the expectation of receiving a taste. The model sheds light on the neural basis of expectation.
Researchers believe their findings may provide a new path to the study of Alzheimer's disease and its cause.
