Cognitive neuroscience studies in humans have enabled decades of impactful discoveries
but have primarily been limited to recording the brain activity of immobile participants in a …

The principle of targeting brain circuits has drawn increasing attention with the growth of
brain stimulation treatments such as transcranial magnetic stimulation (TMS), deep brain …

Treatment-resistant obsessive-compulsive disorder (OCD) occurs in approximately one-third
of OCD patients. Obsessions may fluctuate over time but often occur or worsen in the …

Epilepsy is a complex neurological disorder affecting millions worldwide, with a substantial
number of patients facing drug-resistant epilepsy. This comprehensive review explores …

Only recently have more specific circuit-probing techniques become available to inform
previous reports implicating the rodent hippocampus in orexigenic appetitive processing …

Dopamine (DA) signal play pivotal roles in regulating motivated behaviors, including feeding
behavior, but the role of midbrain DA neurons in modulating food intake and neural circuitry …

Substance use disorders (SUDs) imposes profound physical, psychological, and
socioeconomic burdens on individuals, families, communities, and society as a whole, but …

Eating disorders are multifactorial disorders that involve maladaptive feeding behaviors.
Binge eating disorder (BED), the most prevalent of these in both men and women, is …

Obesity is an enormous health problem, and many patients do not respond to any of the
available therapies. Deep brain stimulation (DBS) is currently investigated as a potential …

The vast majority of treatments for psychiatric and substance use disorders take weeks to
work. Notable exceptions to this rule exist, with some treatments such as intravenous …