Because substances of abuse act directly on the reward center ... changes in the brain. The brain alterations change the way the brain works—notably in the dopamine system—to create the ...

These may include external sources of stress as well as additional biological causes such as the composition of the microbiome in the digestive system ... alter the brain’s reward circuit ...

indicates that “there’s good reason to suspect that romantic love is kept alive by something basic to ... Two of the brain regions that showed activity in the fMRI scans were the caudate nucleus, a ...

Motor imagery-based brain computer interface (MI-BCI ... Figure 1. Schematic diagram of long term NFT experiment and control experiment arrangement. The specific system integration scheme is designed ...

Love happens in the brain, where hormonal releases and brain chemicals like dopamine, serotonin and oxytocin are released.

The podcast Chasing Life With Dr. Sanjay Gupta explores the medical science behind some of life’s mysteries big and small. You can listen to episodes here. (CNN) — If you are like many people, you ...

Researchers at HHMI's Janelia Research Campus have systematically detailed, step by step, how cognitive maps form in the ...

Researchers have recently uncovered new insights into how the brain’s reward system functions in individuals with posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD) and its relationship with psychological ...

Using computational models, the researchers studied how the brain's reward-learning system functions in those with depression, especially among individuals experiencing anhedonia, the inability to ...

Earlier studies done mostly on mice discovered that the brain had a system that flushed its tissues with cerebrospinal fluid, which carried away waste products in a process called glymphatic ...