Understanding the molecular mechanisms of ‘sickness behavior' could open new avenues for treating anxiety and depression.

"The gut-brain connection provides various routes through which bacteria in the gut can influence how we feel and behave, ...

Physicians have long observed a mystifying phenomenon: After a bout of infection or an autoimmune disease flare-up, some ...

The microbes in the human gut perform many important roles ... so they utilized various methods such as computer tasks, daily mood self-reporting, tests of emotional processing, and questionnaires to ...

This shows the Umeå University research team in front of the mass spectrometer, where the water and fish samples were analyzed. From left to right: Micael Jonsson, Jonatan Klaminder, Tomas Brodin ...

This is about the social behavior of perch in the control group (exposed to clean water for seven days). This video relates to a paper that appeared in the Feb. 15, 2013, issue of Science ...