Researchers improve motor function and reduce brain shrinkage in animal models of HD by adjusting the levels of a signaling protein.
A new neuroimaging study reports of neural differences in obese children when they taste sugar.
A new study points to a functional connection between mTOR and huntingtin.
Social status can determine differences between sizes of different brain regions in primates, a new study reports.
Researchers report the striatum acts as a sensory hub which integrates various types of sensory information.
Researchers discover that when people choose between two or more positive outcomes, they experience paradoxical feelings of pleasure and anxiety.
Choice bias is a byproduct of learning from reward, a new study reports.
Researchers identify an aspect of brain activity that helps to predict the effectiveness of a reward-based strategy as motivation to quit smoking.
Brain wave synchronization between the striatum and prefrontal cortex appear to assist with category learning, a new study reports.
A new study reports people affected by substance abuse, eating disorders and OCD share a common pattern of decision making and similarities in brain structure.
The brain uses similar circuits involved in planning motion when selecting tasks from working memory, new research reports.
People with higher levels of dopamine in the striatum perform worse after being promised a bonus, a new study reports.
