Dopamine maintains hope and motivation for life. Inflammation-associated compounds disrupt dopamine release, causing apathy.

A new research initiative is investigating how obesity reshapes brain circuits involved in reward, motivation, and emotion, potentially driving unhealthy food decisions.

Listening to nostalgic music activates key brain regions tied to memory and emotion, according to a new brain imaging study.

Research shows that heavy porn consumption may dull the brain’s sensitivity to dopamine, the hormone tied to pleasure.

A study has created brain functional growth charts from MRI scans of 1,091 children, showing how different brain networks ...

Neuroscientists at Virginia Tech’s Fralin Biomedical Research Institute at VTC will investigate how obesity influences brain ...

It’s known that diabetes causes other medical issues like heart disease and vision problems, but a new study suggests that it could also be impacting memory and other cognitive functions.

How exercise triggers brain growth, boosts mood, builds resilience, and protects against aging and inflammation.

In a new study, researchers found that type 2 diabetes can “rewire" the brain in ways similar to early Alzheimer’s disease.

For one-off modifications of habits, this arrangement of routine and override works well. But permanent changes, such as ...

Serotonin is often painted as the brain's "pleasure chemical" but its precise role in the nervous system is ambiguous ... like the start of a signal that reward will arrive soon or the end of ...