So, Pallarés and his team spent the past 10 years researching the neural mechanisms behind a condition they called specific ...

Why do so many people relapse after quitting cocaine? A new study from The Hebrew University reveals that a specific "anti-reward" brain circuit becomes hyperactive during withdrawal-driving ...

DiFeliceantonio is part of a cross-disciplinary team that will explore how obesity affects brain circuits involved in reward, motivation, and emotions with support from a four-year, $2.75 million ...

A new study using SAPAP3 knockout mice sheds light on the brain mechanisms that may drive trichotillomania, or hair-pulling ...

Can the brain recover from addiction? New research shows that mindfulness can restore the addicted brain's ability to savor natural pleasure.

A new study identifies brain area 46 in the marmoset dorsolateral prefrontal cortex as a key regulator of mood-related ...

Researchers say brain circuits associated with our sense of smell and reward systems may cause some people to continue to eat even when they're full. They say their findings could help with weight ...

Similarly, fMRI scans show that when listening to music, people with musical anhedonia have reduced activity in the reward circuit—the part of the brain that processes rewards including food ...

Researchers suggest that targeting and regulating gut-brain reward circuits could offer a novel approach to curb unhealthy eating habits ...

A study published in Nature Metabolism reveals neural circuits in the mouse brain that promote hunger-driven feeding and suppress pleasure-driven eating. The findings open new possibilities for ...