This matters. Pain isn’t just a fleeting signal; it can shape long-term brain development. Earlier studies have shown that ...

New research suggests that premature babies and even full-term newborns experience pain very differently than adults do.

Far from being lofty abstract ideals, our sense of right and wrong is woven into our biology. Modern neuroscience reveals that our brains literally reward us for treating others fairly and for placing ...

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When people were left out of a simple virtual ball-tossing game, their brain activity mirrored the response to physical pain, showing activation of a brain region called the anterior cingulate cortex.

The anterior cingulate cortex (ACC) is essential for social behavior, and its dysfunction is implicated in social interaction deficits in autism. Pyramidal neuron activity in the ACC is modulated by ...

Ko, HG., Jung, H., Han, S. et al. Processing of pain and itch information by modality-specific neurons within the anterior cingulate cortex in mice. Nat Commun, 2025 DOI: 10.1038/s41467-025-57041-z ...

Similarly, the brain mobilizes specific areas to assist in this search. Three regions, in particular, play key roles: the anterior cingulate cortex, the prefrontal cortex and the insula.

Reviewer #3 (Public Review): My summary of the manuscript remains the same and is as follows: This manuscript by Peng et al. presents intriguing data indicating that high-frequency terahertz ...

Importantly, the mice had been injected with a modified virus that allowed the researchers to monitor specific neurons in a region of the brain known as the rostral anterior cingulate cortex and ...