Brain & Behavior

Electron microscopy images representing different views of the MC4 receptor bound to setmelanotide, in complex with proteins activated by the binding

The Hunger Games: Uncovering the Secret of the Hunger Switch in the Brain

15.04.2021

Structural Biology, Brain & Behavior, Nutrition, Disease, Drugs & Diagnostics

A 3D structure reveals how a unique molecular switch in our brain causes us to feel full – and may help develop improved anti-obesity drugs

Inhibitory mouse neurons – viewed under a microscope

An Essential Balancing Act: Neurons Adapt to Stay Steady

13.04.2021

Brain & Behavior

A study of lab-grown neurons reveals a new regulatory mechanism for keeping the On-Off switches in our brain in balance

Chen lab mouse adrenals exhibit stress

Stress on Every Cell: Mapping the Stress Axis in Detail

27.01.2021

Bioinformatics and Computational Biology, Brain & Behavior

Uncovering the activities of the organs, tissues and cells responsible for the body’s stress response as they’ve never before been seen revealed new...

Helping the Brain’s Immune Cells Regain the Ground State

Helping the Brain’s Immune Cells Regain the Ground State

11.01.2021

Brain & Behavior, Systems Biology, Molecular and Cell Biology, Immunology, Disease, Drugs & Diagnostics

An anti-inflammatory agent keeps microglia responses short and to the point

A Brain Mechanism underlying “Vision” in the Blind is Revealed

A Brain Mechanism underlying “Vision” in the Blind is Revealed

07.01.2021

Brain & Behavior

Researchers observed slow spontaneous fluctuations in the brain’s visual centers that preceded visual hallucinations in blind people

Chaperones Do the Two-Step

Chaperones Do the Two-Step

03.12.2020

Structural Biology, Brain & Behavior, Molecular and Cell Biology, Disease, Drugs & Diagnostics

Understanding how certain proteins work as a team could shed new light on the way cells defend themselves against neurodegenerative disease

The nervous system of the worm

When Male and Female Brain Connections Break Down Differently

23.11.2020

Brain & Behavior, Molecular and Cell Biology, Disease, Drugs & Diagnostics

Depression, schizophrenia, Alzheimer’s disease and other neurological and psychiatric disorders tend to strike one sex more than the other; and for...

illustration: wolves looking ahead and to the side

A New Look at the Social Brain

16.11.2020

Brain & Behavior

Uncovering the neural circuits that process "looks" may advance research into anxiety, autism and other impairments in social behavior

A Measure of Smell

A Measure of Smell

11.11.2020

Math & Computer Science, Brain & Behavior, Technology & Applications

Meeting a 100-year-old challenge could lead the way to digital aromas

Butterflies in the Brain

Butterflies in the Brain

02.11.2020

Brain & Behavior

Structures that emerge from neural responses may be basic “units” of organization

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