The nucleus accumbens is a tiny element of the human brain triggered when we experience something enjoyable, and used to help ...
The study, published in Biological Psychiatry: Global Open Science, found the effect occurs in the paraventricular nucleus of ...
A new study has identified a specific brain circuit that can push behavior into a compulsive “repeat mode,” forcing mice to continue digging and sniffing even when rewards are available.
New research uncovers the exact immune-to-brain pathway that drives the loss of social motivation during sickness.
The nucleus accumbens is a tiny element of the human brain triggered when we experience something enjoyable, and used to help us learn behaviours that lead to rewards.
By contrast, glial cells seemed to be electrically silent and were dismissed as dull by most researchers. Some glia, called ...