Researchers have identified brain mechanisms that help animals suppress instinctive fear responses when threats prove harmless over time.

Alcohol use disorder, which affects over 10% of Americans, can lead to persistent and serious insomnia. Difficulties falling ...

Researchers at University of Tsukuba have discovered a novel mechanism involved in brain development. They found that small ...

Columbia scientists find and manage to activate and deactivate in mice the neurons responsible for making the decision to ...

Two brain regions work together when mice learn to override the instinct to run and hide from a potential threat.

Columbia scientists have found specialized neurons in the brains of mice that order the animals to stop eating. Though many feeding circuits in the brain are known to play a role in monitoring food ...

It's not just that you start to slowly (or sometimes not so slowly) begin losing your mental capacity as you age — your brain actually gets smaller the older you get, shrinking about 5% per decade ...

Neurons found in one of the oldest regions of the brain may control when we stop eating a meal, new research in mice hints.

Discover how individual neurons in the brain learn to recognize and predict patterns in the flow of time, providing insights into the structure of time.

Columbia scientists have found specialized neurons in the brains of mice that order the animals to stop eating. The findings ...

Neurons in the brains of mice tell them to stop eating when they’ve had enough food – and since people probably have the same ...

Carnegie Mellon University neuroscientists have discovered connections between the globus pallidus and a rarely explored area of the brain.