The human brain contains billions of neurons that continuously receive information and stimuli from the outside. To make decisions, neurons assess at every moment whether the stimulus is positive ...

Chronic high-fat diets blunt the brain’s pleasure response to rich foods by impairing NAcLat→VTA signaling in mice. Neurotensin dysfunction underlies this effect, but restoring its signaling revives ...

Get Instant Summarized Text (Gist) The brain's nucleus accumbens (NAc) plays a crucial role in evaluating stimuli, with D1 and D2 neurons responding to both positive and negative stimuli. Real ...

The nucleus accumbens (NAc) of the brain plays a central role in the process of evaluating and coding stimuli, but how the D1 and D2 neuronal populations of the NAc encode appetitive or aversive ...

A groundbreaking study, led by Professor Mickael Naassila and his team from the Research Group on Alcohol and Addictive Behaviors (GRAP, UPJV/INSERM 1247 Laboratory), opens new therapeutic ...

Not all children respond to behavioral therapies. Findings from a pilot trial show that deep brain stimulation (DBS) of the nucleus accumbens (NAc), the reward-related region of the brain ...