Moral cognitive neuroscience is an emerging field of research that focuses on the neural
basis of uniquely human forms of social cognition and behaviour. Recent functional imaging …

Discovery of the leptin receptor and its downstream peptidergic pathways has reconfirmed
the crucial role of the hypothalamus in the regulation of food intake and energy balance …

Food intake and energy expenditure are controlled by complex, redundant, and distributed
neural systems that reflect the fundamental biological importance of adequate nutrient …

Information processing is energetically expensive. In the mammalian brain, it is unclear how
information coding and energy use are regulated during food scarcity. Using whole-cell …

Publisher Summary This chapter discusses an overview of the afferent and efferent
connections of the prefrontal cortex (PFC) in primates and rats, and discusses in the light of …

As one of the evolutionary oldest parts of the brain, the diencephalon evolved to harmonize
changing environmental conditions with the internal state for survival of the individual and …

In a restrictive food environment, the homeostatic control system regulates body weight and
adiposity with remarkable precision. However, this regulation appears to break down in …

Brain-derived neurotrophic factor (BDNF) promotes the survival and functioning of neurons
in the central nervous system and contributes to proper functioning of many non-neural …

The insula, a “cortical hub” buried within the lateral sulcus, is involved in a number of
processes including goal-directed cognition, conscious awareness, autonomic regulation …

To determine the respective role played by orexin/hypocretin and histamine (HA) neurons in
maintaining wakefulness (W), we characterized the behavioral and sleep–wake phenotypes …