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Researchers identified a “building plan” that holds true for every species they looked at — except for humans.

Commonly used in medicine as an anesthetic, ketamine is also increasingly prescribed to relieve depressive symptoms. This very fast-acting psychotropic drug is particularly indicated for the treatment of patients resistant to conventional antidepressants.

Communication between brain areas is essential for the brain to properly process sensory signals and adopt an appropriate behavioural response

What if it were possible to decode the internal language of individuals deprived of the ability to express themselves? This is the objective of a team of neuroscientists from the University of Geneva (UNIGE) and the University Hospitals of Geneva.

When human beings speak, different areas of their brain must be activated. However, the function of these regions can be seriously impaired after

A research team from the University of Geneva (UNIGE) and the Hopitaux Universitaires de Geneve (HUG) has succeeded in identifying certain signals produced by our brain when we speak to ourselves.

A team of researchers from the University of Geneva studied the neurobiological mechanisms to find that the motivation to indulge in social interactions is the activation of dopaminergic neurons.

A team of researchers from the University of Geneva studied the neurobiological mechanisms to find that the motivation to indulge in social interactions is the activation of dopaminergic neurons.

Researchers discovered that neurons linked to the reward system are responsible for motivating us to interact with our fellow human beings.