The central amygdala isn't only the hub for fear response in the brain, it also contains microcircuits that regulate the suppression of fear response.
Suppressing the activity of hypothalamic neurons in mice during REM sleep resulted in a decrease in the amount of food later consumed. The study suggests REM sleep is essential to stabilize food intake.
Nucleus papilion neurons play an important role in eye movement during REM sleep.
A new study reveals taking a short daytime nap can help to consolidate learning and memory of new foreign words.
University of Bern researchers report that reproductive hormones don't only regulate fertility, they also are related to how attractive a woman smells to the opposite sex.
A new method of growing neural networks from stem cells is capable of detecting the activity of Clostridium botulinum neurotoxins and could help to minimize animal research.
