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.

A new study reveals that serotonin neurons in the brain may play a crucial role in helping us estimate the value of future ...

What do creativity and social bonds have to do with one another? The brain opioid theory helps us understand how creativity ...

Stress can overwhelm highly sensitive people, but by connecting with both the relative (daily life) and the transcendent (the ...

Immediate use for the newly developed assembloids could include studying neurodevelopmental disorders such as autism.

Four tiny 3D organs connected themselves in a lab dish, forming a replica of the human pain pathway, in a new study. The discovery allows scientists to better understand chronic pain and how pain ...

Scientists have re-created a pain pathway in the brain by growing four key clusters of human nerve cells in a dish. This ...

Who says you have to rely on a partner for pleasure? Self-orgasm, often referred to as solo pleasure, is an essential aspect of sexual wellness that offers significant benefits for both the body ...

Divided into four sections—the aortic root, ascending aorta, aortic arch, and descending aorta—it ensures blood reaches areas like the arms, legs, brain, and abdominal organs. Signs of a problem with ...

Moving along the developmental spectrum, “brain life” (the ... and for my own part this seems quite likely—after all there's not much doubt (these days) that a newborn baby is sentient—capable of ...

Though diabetic neuropathy is known for damaging nerves in the feet, it also causes tingling and pain in your hands, arms, and legs. Peripheral neuropathy refers to nerve damage throughout your body ...

Thanks to a mouse watching clips from “The Matrix,” scientists have created the largest functional map of a brain to date.