Weill Cornell Medicine investigators have identified in a preclinical model a specific brain circuit whose inhibition appears ...

Cornell researchers have identified a specific brain circuit that could lead to anxiety treatments without cognitive side ...

The cutaneous sense of temperature is a distinct form of somatic sensibility mediated by specific primary afferent receptors, yet its representation in the brain is unknown 1,2. Thermoreception ...

A study of individuals with cocaine use disorder found that, when given the option, those with a thicker insula region in the brain administered more cocaine infusions to themselves.

Using an innovative and recently validated animal model of IBS, the researchers showed that opioid delta-receptor agonists can ameliorate stress-induced IBS symptoms by acting on the insular cortex of ...

A study of over 1,000 young adults reveals that both recent and heavy lifetime cannabis use reduce brain activity in regions ...