The University of Alabama, Birmingham, researcher seeks the neural roots of animal behavior

Activating serotonin receptors halts a binge-like eating behavior in mice, researchers report.

People are attracted to others whose emotions they feel they can easily understand, according to a neuroimaging study.

Researchers identify and manipulate a signal in the brains of rats that controls risky behavior.

Sham treatments can both reduce pain and increase pleasure, and do so affecting similar circuitry in the brain.

Just the flavor of beer is enough to boost dopamine in brain areas related to reward—especially in men with alcoholic relatives.