Scientists have discovered that a specific area of the brain, called the ventral hippocampus, functions like an “anxiety ...

Scientists at UCL discover how to suppress fear reactions in mice using optogenetics, opening up new avenues for anti-anxiety ...

University of California, Los Angeles, researchers have identified neural mechanisms behind prosocial behaviors in mice ...

Tests in mice using optogenetics showed that when these identified neurons were activated by the light, the mice ate much smaller meals. The intensity of the activation determined how quickly ...

“Optogenetics revolutionized how we all do experimental neuroscience in terms of exploring circuits,” says Thomas McHugh, a neuroscientist at the RIKEN Brain Science Institute in Japan. However, this ...

University of California, Los Angeles researchers have discovered that chronic stress flips brain activity between two ...

See, researchers have discovered that the annoying cravings we often get for sweets—even when we’re full already—are a response of our body’s neurological systems. In fact, the same neurons in our ...

Caption The work of Jennings and colleagues identifies a neural circuit underlying feeding behavior in mice. Using optogenetics to target this neural circuit, the researchers were able to drive ...