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Pain and Itch Processed by Distinct Neurons in the Anterior Cingulate Cortex

A research team led by KAANG Bong-Kiun, director of the Center for Cognition and Sociality within the Institute for Basic ...
Newsweek

Neuroscience Study Reveals Why We Get Distracted

Why do we get distracted? Whether you're trying to hold a conversation at a busy restaurant or read on a crowded train, our brains sometimes struggle to pay attention. And while that might be annoying ...
The Conversation

What happens in the brain when there’s a word ‘on the tip of the tongue’?

Frédéric Bernard does not work for, consult, own shares in or receive funding from any company or organization that would benefit from this article, and has disclosed no relevant affiliations beyond ...
University of Wyoming

UW Researcher Heads Study Finding Neural Circuit Controls Social Hierarchy Behavior in Mice

Adam Nelson, a principal investigator in the UW Department of Zoology and Physiology, led a study that used mice to show that social hierarchy involves status-dependent behavioral interactions that ...
Medscape

Ketamine’s Antidepressant Action May Depend on Opioid System in the Brain

Activation of the body’s opioid system may be required for ketamine’s antidepressant effects, new research hinted. In a small study of adults with major depressive disorder, taking the opioid blocker ...
Medical Xpress

Distinct prefrontal pathways shown to separate reward motivation from threat reactivity

University of Cambridge researchers report that inactivating dorsolateral prefrontal cortex area 46 in marmosets blunts appetitive motivation and heightens threat reactivity, with effects mediated ...