Anxiety disorders are common, serious and a growing health problem worldwide. However,
the causative factors, aetiology and underlying mechanisms of anxiety disorders, as for most …

Whenever food is placed in the mouth, taste receptors are stimulated. Simultaneously,
different types of sensory fibre that monitor several food attributes such as texture …

The amygdala is a heterogeneous brain structure implicated in processing of emotions and
storing the emotional aspects of memories. Gene activity markers such as c-Fos have been …

The ability to detect and respond appropriately to aversive stimuli is essential for all
organisms, from fruit flies to humans. This suggests the existence of a core neural network …

Background Identification of potentially harmful stimuli is necessary for the well-being and
self-preservation of all organisms. However, the neural substrates involved in the processing …

Primary sensory cortices are remarkably organized in spatial maps according to specific
sensory features of the stimuli. These cortical maps can undergo plastic rearrangements …

Insulin is involved in multiple regulatory mechanisms, including body weight and food
intake, and plays a critical role in metabolic disorders such as obesity and diabetes. An …

In recent years, our knowledge of the neurobiology of taste and smell has greatly increased;
by using several learning models, we now have a better understanding of the behavioral …

Conditioned taste aversions (CTAs) are those that develop on the basis of experience with a
food or drink. The experience on which such aversions are based is often the consumption …

Taste memory has been a useful model for studying memory formation; using different
approaches ranging from lesion studies, analysis of receptor and neurotransmitter activity …