University of California, Los Angeles researchers have discovered that chronic stress flips brain activity between two ...

New research shows that early life stress disrupts dopamine signaling, altering social motivation and behavior.

Researchers have discovered that naturally occurring gut microbes produce indoles—compounds that play a key role in ...

The mice without microbiota showed increased anxiety, spending more time in enclosed spaces and avoiding open areas. By analyzing their brains, researchers observed hyperactivity in the basolateral ...

Young mice seemingly attempt to revive an anaesthetised cage mate by grooming and biting it and will even pull aside the ...

Nerve-cell ‘highways’ identified in mice suggest that stress pushes the brain towards rigid habit and away from thoughtful ...

The findings hint that an animalistic impulse to help others in distress may be more common than previously thought. There is ...