Guzzling down too much water can lead to water intoxication ... As a result, it can increase pressure in the brain, which can affect how it works. While rare, this can ultimately be fatal.

Two different brain circuits help regulate salt intake, according to a study in the journal Cell. One adjusts salt cravings, the other determines whether we find salty food delicious or disgusting.

A bevy of new research is throwing light on how the brain engages in self-destructive compulsive drug-seeking behaviour, and thus on the problem with characterising addiction as a moral failure.

Download the Nature Podcast 22 May 2024 . In this episode: 00:45 The neuroscience of fentanyl addiction. Research in mice has shown that fentanyl addiction is the result of two brain circuits ...

Researchers have developed a gene therapy technology that uses magnetic fields to switch groups of neurons on and off, controlling brain circuits affected by Parkinson’s disease. In addition to ...

Researchers at the IBS have successfully developed a cutting-edge magnetogenetics technology called Nano-MIND, which enables wireless and remote control of specific brain regions to modulate ...

They discovered that DBB-Penk neurons project into two different brain areas, one regulates hunger-driven feeding and the other controls pleasure-driven eating. “A subset of DBB-Penk neurons that ...