The link between chronic pain and a loss of appetite may finally be understood – in mice at least. To better understand the neuronal activity responsible for this change in behaviour, the researchers ...
New research into the mechanism of the placebo effect sheds light on the brain circuitry involved in pain relief. The study, conducted by scientists at the University of North Carolina (UNC), Stanford ...
Adam Nelson, a principal investigator in the UW Department of Zoology and Physiology, led a study that used mice to show that social hierarchy involves status-dependent behavioral interactions that ...