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UTSW researchers used a technique called optogenetic circuit mapping in which they inserted a gene into targeted neurons, allowing their activity to be controlled by light. By stimulating neurons that deliver inputs to the HVC, an area of the avian brain involved in birdsongs, then measuring the electrical activity of outputting neurons, the team could see which neurons communicated with one another.

Researchers Create ‘Wiring Diagram’ for Key Songbird Brain Region

Categories Brain & Behavior, Life & Non-humans

Researchers at WashU Medicine identified a direct connection between cancer-related inflammation and the loss of motivation characteristic of advanced cancer. In a mouse study they describe a brain pathway that starts with neurons (labeled in green, above) that sense inflammation signals, and the researchers were able to treat the loss of motivation by blocking this pathway.

Brain Pathway Links Inflammation to Loss of Motivation in Advanced Cancer

Categories Brain & Behavior, Health

Nk3R antagonism decreases fear memory consolidation. (A) Experimental procedure of fear memory consolidation after stress. Created with Biorender. (B) Fear acquisition and expression in mice administered with Osanetant. (C) Effect in the fear memory consolidation after administration of Osanetant (5 mg/kg, ip) or Vehicle 30 min after stress (IMO) in adult females (n = 12 per group) (p = 0.038, η2 = 0.798). Analyzed by Generalized Linear Model with least significant difference (LSD) correction.

Post-trauma drug blocks fear response in female mice

Categories Brain & Behavior, Life & Non-humans

A steady diet of high-fat foods leads to reduced pleasure in eating, likely contributing to obesity. UC Berkeley scientists have discovered why, opening up new possibilities for treating obesity — not by fighting desire, but by restoring desire in a healthier way.

Scientists discover why obesity takes away the pleasure of eating

Categories Brain & Behavior, Health

Greg Sword, Ph.D., studies desert locusts and other swarming insects like crickets and is a researcher in the Behavioral Plasticity Research Institute at Texas A&M University. New research provides a new, science-based theory about how these pests move as a collective. (Sam Craft/Texas A&M AgriLife)

Virtual Reality Exposes How Locusts Really Think in Massive Swarms

Categories Brain & Behavior, Life & Non-humans, Technology

brain price infographic

Your Brain Knows When You’re Being Ripped Off Before You Do

Categories Brain & Behavior

Shot of a young businessman using a smartphone in a modern office

Your Brain Decodes Hidden Messages in Speech Melody

Categories Brain & Behavior

Graphic representation of study findings.

Scientists Discover Brain’s ‘Peace Switch’ That Can Turn Aggression into Friendship

Categories Brain & Behavior

The brain discriminates between hot and cold sensations by inducing distinct temporal activity patterns in shared cortical regions, offering insights into how sensory information is encoded.

Your Brain’s Secret Code for Hot and Cold Finally Cracked

Categories Brain & Behavior

Octopus bimaculoides

Inside the Amazing Octopus Arm: Scientists Discover Secret Behind Their Extraordinary Control

Categories Life & Non-humans

Artistic rendering of the brain's "speed limit" - we think, process, and decide at the slow pace of 10 bits per second.

Human Thought Runs at Just 10 Bits per Second Despite Billions of Neurons

Categories Brain & Behavior

Microscopic view of cells in the inferior colliculus region of the brain

How Deaf Musicians Can ‘Hear’ Through Touch

Categories Brain & Behavior

Optically Pumped Magnetometry Magnetoencephalography (OPM) devices are lightweight, wearable headsets that measure brain activity while allowing research volunteers to move freely and interact.

Advanced Brain Imaging Reveals the Neural Dance of Decision-Making

Categories Brain & Behavior

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