Researchers say orexin neurons helped rats keep working for an expected reward, offering clues to what’s required to sustain motivation. A new study from Japan identified the brain cells that help ...

A new study suggests we may have been thinking about dopamine all wrong. Researchers at Hebrew University have discovered ...

(Fotograzia/Moment/Getty Images) Motivation (or a lack of it) shapes our lives in ways large and small every day: From ...

Researchers identified a direct connection between cancer-related inflammation and the loss of motivation characteristic of advanced cancer. In a mouse study, they describe a brain pathway that starts ...

Our brains are made of tens of billions of nerve cells called neurons. These cells communicate with each other through biomolecules called neurotransmitters. Serotonin, a type of neurotransmitter, is ...