In laboratory animals, sex differences in behavior occur because different hormone levels produced by males and females influence patterns of gene expression in the developing brain. However, the origins of sex differences ...
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Interlinked changes in drinking behavior, mood, and the brain among women and men during recovery from alcohol use disorder (AUD) have been clarified in a new study in Alcoholism: Clinical and Experimental Research. AUD recovery ...
Aug 25, 2021
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From the thrill of hearing an ice cream truck approaching to the spikes of pleasure while sipping a fine wine, the neurological messenger known as dopamine has been popularly described as the brain's "feel good" chemical ...
Jul 23, 2021
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Managing schizophrenia is a lifelong process, and although there's no cure, it can be treated with medications and therapy. However, one-fifth to one-half of patients with schizophrenia who show severe symptoms don't respond ...
Jun 25, 2021
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Researchers have discovered a specific brain region underlying 'goal-directed behavior' - that is, when we consciously do something with a particular goal in mind, for example going to the shops to buy food.
Jun 24, 2021
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A new article published in the Journal of the Association for Consumer Research presents a neural model of maladaptive consumption.
Jun 23, 2021
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Scientists studied the brain activity of school-aged children during development and found that regions that activated upon seeing limbs (hands, legs, etc.) subsequently activated upon seeing faces or words when the children ...
Jun 22, 2021
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Researchers have been investigating how the brain controls habitual seeking behaviors such as addiction. A recent study by Professor Sue-Hyun Lee from the Department of Bio and Brain Engineering revealed that a long-term ...
Jun 3, 2021
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The work, carried out by Pilar Madrigal and Sandra Jurado, from the UMH-CSIC Neurosciences Institute in Alicante, a joint center of the Spanish National Research Council and Miguel Hernández University, has been published ...
May 21, 2021
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Mom always said too much TV would rot your brain, and as with so many other things it appears she was right.
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