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 team of scientists took a state-of-the-art research vessel to the Antarctic and found a colossal squid lurking in the ...

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

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

It is the first time that scientists have witnessed waves of electrical activity travel along the entire nervous pathway responsible for sensing pain – from the body’s skin to the brain.

Did you watch from behind the couch or collapse in a heap on the floor? Did you wake up half the neighbourhood with your shouts and groans? How many times did your spirit leave your body? As the ...

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.

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 ...

Vets and human doctors use them to reduce pain and fear ... Sedatives work because of how nerve cells in the brain send and receive messages. “Everything in our body is electrical,” Malavasi ...