In a previous study, we reported that inactivation of the medial septum or the hippocampus by muscimol, a GABA A receptor agonist, potentiated the effects of a general anesthetic. In this study, we ...

In recent years, the importance of mental health in people's daily lives has intensified. Consequently, situations that were ...

The limbic system helps regulate emotion and integrates emotional signals with cognitive processes. It is also implicated in behavioral regulation, impulse control, and mood—all areas where people ...

Recent research shows that swearing can actually change how much pain people can handle. A 2024 review looked at studies on ...

The golf ball represents the limbic system, which is involved in basic emotions and feelings that, in part, make up your personality. When something scares you, it is this part of the brain that makes ...

The one single biggest irrationality in business decision-making comes back to the one underlying paradigm that is as common as it is incorrect – that the cognitive mind or the conscious mind ...

Last week we discussed the role of central pain. Centrally mediated pain occurs when the brains innate ability to block pain from the conscious mind is compromised. A problem in the brain's ability to ...

"Somebody woke up on the wrong side of bed this morning." You know that comment; the one that rarely makes you feel any more gracious towards the world (or the person saying it). At other times you ...