A new study published in Nature Neuroscience has identified a brain circuit in mice that overrides basic needs like hunger or ...

In animals with social structures, the drive to reproduce is a complex process; governed by the brain, it's influenced by ...

Oxytocin is a hormone linked to bonding of all kinds—maternal, familial, romantic, social. In mice, the team found, the ...

Rockefeller scientists identified a hormonally primed brain circuit in mice that governs sexual receptivity in females and ...

Maintaining a stable body temperature is essential for survival. Animals, including humans, use both autonomic processes -- such as shivering or activating brown fat -- and behaviors -- such as ...

Whether women want it or not, they have little choice but to go through the menopause . Or do they? What if the menopause was ...

The study revealed that exposure to the calming flute sound of Raga Bhairavi triggered increased secretion of beta-endorphins ...

CRISPR construct to genetically ablate the GABA transporter GAT3 in the mouse visual cortex, with effects on population-level neuronal activity. This work is important, as it sheds light on how GAT3 ...