A team led by Nathaniel Sawtell, PhD, suspects this mechanism in fish brains is similar to a mechanism in all animals, including humans.
Charles Zuker, PhD, and researchers in his lab have untangled the connection between food and pleasure in the brains of mice.
Neuroscientists have eliminated sugar cravings in mice by "switching" on and off transmitters in the brain's emotion center.
Charles Zuker, Phd, and his team identified two regions in the brain which respond to sweet and bitter tastes.
A new study led by Charles Zuker, PhD, hints at how the brain flags different flavors as delicious or disgusting.
Elizabeth Hillman, PhD, weighs in on a new study that finds signals that represent a distinct form of brain activity.
A new algorithm developed by Richard Mann, PhD, and his team scrutinizes the most hard-to-read segments of the genome.
Bianca Jones Marlin, PhD, explores the brain science of love and heartbreak.
What does neuroscientist Nathaniel Sawtell, PhD, see when he watches the world’s best athletes compete in this Winter Olympics?
Rui Costa, DVM, PhD, and Nathaniel Sawtell, PhD, explain what it is about figure skaters' brains that helps them stay upright on slippery ice.
