Motion sickness is a very common condition that affects about 1 in 3 people, but the brain circuits involved are largely unknown. Newly reported work outlines a brain circuit involved in motion ...

Study pinpoints the cluster of neurons that tell mice to eat, drink, and move around less when they're fighting bacterial infections. We tend to eat, drink, and move less when we're feeling under the ...

We tend to eat, drink, and move less when we're feeling under the weather. And we're not alone - most animals reduce those same three behaviors when they're fighting an infection. Now, a new study ...

MIT researchers have discovered how an immune system molecule triggers neurons in a specific brain circuit to shut down social behavior in mice modeling infection. "I just can't make it tonight. You ...

The instinct to help a fellow creature runs deep. We see the behavior in humans, elephants and now mice. A new study published in the journal Science outlines what it calls prosocial behavior in mice ...

Consuming a diet heavy in fat and sugar during childhood can permanently alter how the brain regulates appetite later in life ...

We tend to eat, drink, and move less when we’re feeling under the weather. And we’re not alone—most animals reduce those same three behaviors when they’re fighting an infection. Now, a new study ...