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

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 ...

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

Researchers have gained a new understanding of how the brain processes reward and risk information. A study by ...

A new book by the neuroscientist Leor Zmigrod explores the connections between brain biology and political beliefs.

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

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

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

A study on Vietnam War veterans reveals how damage to the prefrontal cortex and amygdala affects political passions. The ...