Researchers knew that a brain region called the amygdala represents flavors and decides whether or not they’re gross. Palmiter’s group had also shown that the gut tells the brain it’s ...

It encompasses multiple brain subregions: most notably the anterior and posterior piriform cortex and the amygdala. Moreover, these brain regions respond to a combination of aspects of a smell ...

N euroscientists have produced the largest wiring diagram and functional map of a mammalian brain to date using tissue from a part of a mouse’s cerebral cortex involved in vision, an achievement ...