A new imaging study showed that listening to favorite music affects the function of the brain's opioid system.

Music can evoke intense pleasure, sometimes experienced physically as pleasant "chills." While the effect of music on ...

Parkinson’s is a progressive neurological condition driven by the loss of dopamine-producing neurons, which causes tremors, ...

Scientists develop lab-grown model of the human sensory pathway to investigate how pain signals are transmitted to the brain.

Researchers studying people’s brain activity when looking at abstract art have revealed why we interpret blobs of paint on ...

New research reveals that serotonin plays a key role in how the brain predicts future rewards, shedding light on its puzzling activity in response to both pleasure and pain.

Researchers studying people's brain activity when looking at abstract art have revealed why we interpret blobs of paint on ...

Want to find your own morel mushrooms? These tips and tricks will help you gather heaps of mushrooms for your culinary pleasure.

Researchers can now generate brain cells from patients using stem cells, which gives them a clearer understanding of how schizophrenia develops Individuals with schizophrenia may have abnormally ...

A study published Wednesday indicates that low levels of a key brain chemical among overweight patients with high-fat diets is responsible for a loss of pleasure from food. Researchers from the ...

Scientists have now discovered the reason. Long-term high-fat diets lower levels of neurotensin in the brain, disrupting the dopamine pleasure network and decreasing the desire to eat high-fat foods.

UC Berkeley researchers found that chronic high-fat diets reduce neurotensin, a brain peptide that enhances dopamine-driven food pleasure. This loss of enjoyment in eating may contribute to obesity.