A research team has discovered that a specific group of neurons in the amygdala, a brain region involved in emotion ...

Scientists have been investigating how the brain makes decisions by participating in the storage of associations between ...

The Synaptic Physiology laboratory, led by Juan Lerma at the Institute for Neurosciences (IN), a joint center of the Spanish National Research Council (CSIC) and Miguel Hernández University (UMH) of ...

Mice taught to link smells with tastes, and later fear, revealed how the amygdala teams up with cortical regions to let the ...

A new study reveals how the brain can make decisions based not only on direct experiences, but also on indirect associations ...

Chronic low sodium levels disrupt brain chemistry and trigger anxiety-like behavior in mice through amygdala dysfunction Peer-Reviewed Publication Fujita Health University image: ...

A study from Fujita Health University reveals that chronic hyponatremia in mice results in anxiety-like behaviors due to disruptions in neurotransmitters like serotonin and dopamine in the amygdala.

Scientists have discovered a brain circuit that gives pain its emotional sting, explaining why some hurts linger as suffering ...