Researchers at the University of Tsukuba have identified neurons that are essential for mice to engage in social interactions with novel individuals. These neurons, which are located in the central ...

The amygdala, a small structure in the brain, is associated with charitable giving and positive social behavior, not just fear, new research demonstrates. The amygdala, a small structure at the front ...

Early-life stress (ELS) leads to sustained changes in gene expression and behavior, increasing the likelihood of developing a psychiatric disorder in adulthood. The neurobiological basis for the later ...

Researchers at the National Institute of Mental Health (NIMH), part of the National Institutes of Health, have discovered a genetically controlled brain mechanism responsible for social behavior in ...

Researchers at University of California San Diego School of Medicine and the Salk Institute for Biological Studies have created a unique, cell-by-cell atlas of the amygdala, a small structure deep ...

This post is the second in a series, “Connecting Biology to Behavior: Inside the ADHD Brain." Read the first post to learn about the role of dopamine in ADHD behaviors. Your child shuts down on a ...

This release is available in German. A pianist is playing an unknown melody freely without reading from a musical score. How does the listener's brain recognise if this melody is improvised or if it ...

A new study on mice from the RIKEN-MIT Center for Neural Circuit Genetics has pinpointed 'positive' neurons housed in the back of the amygdala and 'negative' neurons located in the front of the ...

Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . Infants who cried excessively and were more irritable had smaller amygdala volume, as well as more internalizing ...

The amygdala, a small structure at the front end of the brain's temporal lobe, has long been associated with negative behaviors generally, and specifically with fear. But new research from Michael ...