Why do certain individuals overconsume substances that can be harmful to them? Our laboratory employs cutting-edge techniques and a multidisciplinary approach to determine the neural basis of ...

The limbic system is a group of interconnected brain structures that play a central role in emotion, memory, motivation, and behavior. It is located deep within the brain, beneath the cerebral cortex, ...

For the nation's one million schizophrenics, the extravagant delusions that come with the territory are as real as the perceptions of you and me. After all, they originate in the same place-the ...

When Jack O'Connor was 19, he was so desperate to beat his addictions to alcohol and opioids that he took a really rash step. He joined the Marines. "This will fix me," O'Connor thought as he went to ...

Primitive consciousness emerges first as you awaken from anesthesia. Awakening from anesthesia is often associated with an initial phase of delirious struggle before the full restoration of awareness ...

Washington, DC – About 40 million people in the U.S. today suffer from tinnitus, an irritating and sometimes debilitating auditory disorder in which a person "hears" sounds, such as ringing, that ...

Penile erection is a complex neurovascular event. The neuronal system involved is often divided into a spinal (generator) and supraspinal (controller) network. Little is known about the supraspinal ...