We wanted to understand how the brain switches between these two drastically different behavioural states". Central to their ...

A team from the Champalimaud Foundation (CF) has pinpointed a critical neural circuit for sexual rejection, identifying a set of brain cells that play a crucial role in determining whether a female ...

Activating certain neurons during fertile phases set off rejection behavior, while silencing them in non-receptive females ...

Department of Pharmacology, School of Basic Medical Sciences; State Key Laboratory of Medical Neurobiology and MOE Frontiers Center for Brain Science, Institutes of Brain Science, Fudan University, ...

HoM and HeW processed AND similarly, with activations in the preoptic and ventromedial hypothalamic areas. The anterior hypothalamus was activated by EST in HeM and by AND in HeW and HoM.

In the current study, they homed in on the ventromedial hypothalamus (VMH), a deep-brain region linked to glucose regulation and appetite. It’s well-documented that damage in the VMH can lead to ...