Love happens in the brain, where hormonal releases and brain chemicals like dopamine, serotonin and oxytocin are released.
These neurons, which are located in the central nucleus of the amygdala, express a receptor called NPBWR1. Additionally, this study reveals that genetic polymorphisms in the human NPBWR1 gene ...
Over time, this pruning can shrink the size of certain brain areas, like the amygdala and nucleus accumbens, which are key for controlling emotions and making decisions. Have you noticed feeling ...
The mutation in the huntingtin (HTT) gene, which causes the incurable, dominantly inherited Huntington’s disease, was identified decades ago, following one of the most closely watched disease ...
Copyright 2025 The Associated Press. All Rights Reserved. This microscope photo provided by the McLean Hospital’s Harvard Brain Tissue Resource Center in January ...
Scientists are unraveling the mystery of what triggers Huntington’s disease, a devastating and fatal hereditary disorder that strikes in the prime of life, causing nerve cells in parts of the brain to ...
The researchers have now come a step closer to mapping this island by discovering the shortest-lived superheavy nucleus known so far, which marks the position of the island's shoreline in nuclei ...
Specifically, it points out that EFs mediate the influence of atypical time-varying interactions within the OFC-amygdala circuit on RRBs. Given the central role of RRBs in ASD and the potential ...
Montreal Neurological Institute and Hospital, McGill University, Montreal, Canada Institute for Neuroscience and Medicine (INM-7), Forschungszentrum Jülich, Jülich Germany Max Planck Institute for ...