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·June 23, 2016·5 min read

Precise Control of Brain Circuits Alters Mood: Mouse Study

Researchers have singled and taken control of a circuit in mouse brains in order to dial the animal's mood up or down.

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·June 6, 2016·3 min read

How Long Term Marijuana Use Alters the Brain’s Reward Circuit

Researchers report chronic marijuana users show more brain activity in the mesocorticolimbic reward system when presented with cannabis cues than with natural reward cues.

Image shows the location of the amygdala in the brain.

Featured Neuroscience

·April 27, 2016·4 min read

Brain Circuit That Controls Binge Drinking Identified

Researchers have identified a neural circuit between two brain areas that appears to control binge drinking.

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·April 21, 2016·5 min read

Mapping Neurons Implicated in Parkinson’s Motor Impairment

Researchers have mapped out a circuit of neurons responsible for motor impairment in Parkinson's disease patients.

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Featured Neurology Pain

·April 4, 2016·5 min read

Electrical Stimulation of Deep Brain Structures May Help Ease Chronic Pain

Researchers use a wireless electrical device to stimulate deep brain areas and provide relief for chronic pain.

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Featured Psychology

·March 3, 2016·5 min read

Looking at Brain Activity May Aid Self Motivation

Researchers are using a new brain imaging strategy to understand how to manipulate specific neural circuits in order to help motivate people.

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Featured Open Neuroscience Articles Psychology

·March 1, 2016·5 min read

Why Adolescents Are More Vulnerable to Addiction

A new study explores why teens may be more vulnerable to addiction than adults.

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Featured Psychology

·February 15, 2016·2 min read

Noradrenaline Linked to Vulnerability to Depression

A new study reveals a link between a vulnerability to depression and noradrenergic neurons.

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Featured Genetics

·January 13, 2016·5 min read

Decreasing Nicotine Consumption by Flipping a Molecular ‘Switch’

Researchers have discovered a lipid that may act as a 'switch' to increase or decrease the motivation to consume nicotine.

Illustration depicts discovery that the ventral subiculum alters the excitability of dopamine neurons in vivo via a relay within the bed nucleus of the stria terminalis.

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·November 27, 2015·3 min read

How Cocaine Changes the Brain

A new study maps out the network of circuits that produce dopamine when a rat is exposed to cocaine.

This shows the dopamine pathway in the human brain.

Featured Genetics Neurology

·August 28, 2015·5 min read

Risk of Burnout For Brain Cells Implicated in Parkinson’s Disease

A new study reports on a possible reason for accelerated cell deterioration in Parkinson's disease.

This image shows SNpc neurons in a mouse brain.

Featured Genetics Neurology

·August 10, 2015·5 min read

Researchers Identify Two Proteins Important in Parkinson’s Disease Progression

A new discovery into the molecular origins of Parkinson's disease could provide new avenues for treatment and prevention of the disease.

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