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The neurobiology of anorexia

Anorexia’s connection to dopamine and serotonin is the focus of a new study on how brain signals affect eating behaviors.

Research on mice suggests people infected with COVID-19 may be at increased risk of Parkinson’s disease long after the infection has cleared.

Enjoy this curated collection of articles about neuroscience and how the human brain works. Our neuroscientists answer your questions.

Cases of depression are on the rise. Now, scientists are busy uncovering new neuroscience mechanisms underlying the cause of depression.

Eye-movement desensitization and reprocessing (EMDR) therapy helps people with PTSD by changing the way their brains remember traumatic events.

Does the smell of freshly baked cookies make you think of your grandmother’s house? Neuroscientists call this an associative memory.

People on the autism spectrum can struggle with social interactions. Research suggests this may be connected to hyper-sensitive reactions to touch.

Sleep is when we process the experiences of the day and form long-term memories. But how does your brain decide which memories to keep?

Neurons send visual information to the brain, but just how it gets processed is a complexity that researchers are getting closer to understanding.

The hippocampus helps us form memories, but babies may have a different primary use for it, according to a new research study.