Corticostriatal projections are essential components of forebrain circuits and are widely
involved in motivated behaviour. These axonal projections are formed by two distinct …

Successful goal-directed behavior requires not only correct action selection, planning, and
execution but also the ability to flexibly adapt behavior when performance problems occur or …

Dopaminergic medications used in the treatment of patients with Parkinson's disease are
associated with motor and non-motor behavioural side-effects, such as dyskinesias and …

Insula function is considered critical for many motivated behaviors, with proposed functions
ranging from attention, behavioral control, emotional regulation, goal-directed and aversion …

Women are known to have stronger prosocial preferences than men, but it remains an open
question as to how these behavioural differences arise from differences in brain functioning …

Perhaps the majority of our choices are intertemporal ones, in which the options under
consideration differ in their timing as well as (perhaps) a host of other things. Often these …

The frontal lobes are often referred to as the seat of cognition and higher-order processing
that play a role in virtually all domains of neuropsychological functioning; however, the …

Background Long-term use of MA has been associated with cognitive dysfunction in several
domains. Neuroimaging studies have also reported structural, metabolic, and functional …

Anhedonia, defined as the state of reduced ability to experience feelings of pleasure, is one
of the hallmarks of depression. Hedonic tone is the trait underlying one's characteristic ability …

Within the general literature on infections and suicidal behavior, studies on Toxoplasma
gondii (T. gondii) occupy a central position. This is related to the parasite's neurotropism …