Neurobiology

Aesthetic experience goes hand in hand with both constructing meaning and being in a state of heightened attention

Using machine learning, researchers track how changes in subjective awareness affect neurotransmitter systems

Researchers use advanced technology and mice to study dopamine neuron structure, addiction

New types of experiments indicate that the time-lag for re-excitation of a neuron is longer than assumed

Researchers build tools and set standards for describing all the cells in the brain

UCI-led team is first to discover how the brain creates memories of delicious smells

Fruit flies were given the choice between nutritious, bitter food and a not bitter food containing fewer calories

Researchers have developed a method to more precisely capture the timing and location of brain responses to a stimulus

Researchers aligned billions of mRNA sequence snippets enabling them to detect new, previously unknown splice variants

New research provides insight into how people decide whether they want to know what the future holds