Researchers at the La Jolla-based Salk Institute for Biological Studies say they recently identified a brain circuit that ...

Why do some people suffer more than others, even when the pain is the same? Scientists have uncovered a hidden brain circuit that connects the physical experience of pain to its emotional aftermath.

In a study published in Cell on July 10, researchers reported the first comprehensive study of whole-brain projectomes of the ...

In a study published in Cell on July 10, a team from the Center for Excellence in Brain Science and Intelligence Technology (CEBSIT) of the Chinese ...

Pedro Schestatsky warns that not getting enough sleep favors the “accumulation of toxins such as beta-amyloid, which is ...

CRISPR construct to genetically ablate the GABA transporter GAT3 in the mouse visual cortex, with effects on population-level neuronal activity. This work is important, as it sheds light on how GAT3 ...

Scientists have uncovered a brain circuit linking physical pain to emotional suffering, offering new hope for chronic pain treatment.

Scientists at the Salk Institute have uncovered how a cluster of thalamic neurons links physical pain to emotional trauma, ...

Two lateral striatal subregions integrate the acquisition of stimulus-based decision-making in spatiotemporally and functionally different manners, challenging the prior model through a dominance ...

Scientists have identified a specific brain circuit that converts physical pain into emotional distress, potentially revolutionizing chronic pain treatments.

Scientists have discovered a brain circuit that gives pain its emotional sting, explaining why some hurts linger as suffering ...

What if your brain is the reason some pain feels unbearable? Scientists at the Salk Institute have discovered a hidden brain ...