Researchers identify PV neurons in the prefrontal cortex as the gatekeepers of drug addiction relapse, offering a new target for precision treatment.

Drug addiction carries an extremely high risk of relapse, as cravings can be reignited by minor stimuli even long after one has stopped using. Previously, this phenomenon was attributed to a decline ...

Patients with chronic back pain reported heightened unpleasantness of auditory stimuli and mechanical pressure.

The brain may organize emotions like locations on a map, revealing a hidden system that helps people interpret changing feelings.

The visceral substrate of selfhood is not an add-on to cognitive self-awareness; in many frameworks, it is its foundation. Neuroimaging shows the anterior insula co-activating with the medial ...

A team of researchers from Spain was curious to know if people with high psychopathic traits have anomalies in the brain's ...

Increasing physical fitness leads to a larger release of BDNF and better prefrontal cortex activity after a single session of exercise.