The medial prefrontal cortex (mPFC) controls behavior via connections with limbic excitatory afferents that engage various inhibitory motifs to shape mPFC circuit function. The dynorphin (Dyn) / kappa ...

An international research team led jointly by the University Medical Center Göttingen (UMG), the University of Göttingen and ...

Bipolar disorder co-occurs with alcohol use disorder at a rate 3–5 times higher than the general population. We recently reported that individuals with bipolar disorder differ in the positive ...

An international research team led jointly by the University Medical Center Göttingen (UMG), the University of Göttingen, and the University of Western Ontario in London, Canada, has shown that nerve ...

A study by UNIGE, in collaboration with ETH Zurich, has significantly improved the accuracy of a non-invasive brain ...

Autism spectrum disorder (ASD) is an innate brain developmental disorder that often manifests from early childhood. While genetic factors and differences in brain development are known to be involved, ...

Summary: Researchers achieved a major breakthrough by reversing structural brain abnormalities and behavioral deficits associated with autism spectrum disorder (ASD). The research group identified a ...

A new study links childhood trauma type and timing to altered fear brain circuits and IL-8/IL-17 inflammation.

Many horse owners think the existence of the prefrontal cortex is a major controversy in equine science. It’s not. It’s just an area that’s riddled with misinformation. Curiously, most people—horsey ...