A new study reveals how a single food poisoning experience creates long-lasting aversive memories in the brain.

Physicians have long observed a mystifying phenomenon: After a bout of infection or an autoimmune disease flare-up, some ...

To ensure we get the calories and hydration we need, the brain relies on a complex network of cells, signals, and pathways to ...

Food poisoning doesn’t just affect your stomach—it rewires your brain. Dive into the neuroscience behind how one bad meal can ...

Cytokines play a crucial role in connecting the immune system with the brain, affecting mood and behavior through ...

Learn about the associations between brain injuries and political behavior, which reveal which brain regions regulate our ...

A surprising link between the immune system and brain behavior is emerging, as new research reveals how a single immune ...

Instead of learning through repeated trial and error or experiences, one-shot learning is when a single experience creates a ...

Researchers have uncovered how the amygdala processes the probability and magnitude of rewards and assesses risk. The study, ...

Children's National Hospital and partnering academic centers have found that newborns exposed to opioids in utero exhibited ...

Scientists have identified distinct thirst and hunger neurons in the amygdala that drive eating and drinking, offering ...

High intake of ultra-processed foods is linked to adverse metabolic health and microstructural brain changes in regions that ...