A new preclinical study provides the first direct evidence that loss of a placental hormone during pregnancy alters long-term brain development, causing autism-like behaviors in male offspring.

A hunger hormone produced in the gut can directly impact a decision-making part of the brain in order to drive an animal's behavior, finds a new study. A hunger hormone produced in the gut can ...

Testosterone quietly shapes bodies, brains, and behavior long before culture enters the picture. While society debates gender ...

The Tollkuhn Lab at CSHL studies the mechanisms by which hormonal activity generates behavior. Hormones bind to receptors that act as transcription factors to regulate genes in brain cells, This ...

At the NorthEastern Evolutionary Psychology Society (NEEPS) conference two weekends ago, I heard a familiar yet puzzling assertion: "We are not controlled by our biology. We are not automatons." This ...

An impressive new study has highlighted the gut-brain link between social behavior and gut microbes in mice. The thorough research shows how lacking certain gut bacteria can increase levels of a ...

A new study from researchers in China has found that hormones and body chemistry may play a bigger role in depression than we ...