Communication between the brain’s auditory and reward circuits is the reason why humans find music rewarding, according to new research published in JNeurosci. Despite no obvious biological benefits, ...

Tinnitus, a relentless ringing in the ears known to disable soldiers exposed to blasts, unwary listeners of too-loud music and millions more, is the result of under-inhibition of key neural pathways ...

(seb_ra/iStock/Getty Images Plus) The neurotransmitter serotonin, best known for its role in regulating mood, may also influence the severity of tinnitus, new research has found. According to a mouse ...

Here we discuss the neural circuits mediating fear learning. Specifically we focus on recent discoveries concerning the circuits that carry auditory and aversive information to the amygdala, on how ...

Barely perceptible low-frequency signals nevertheless activate measurable responses in our auditory circuits. Neurobiologists have now characterized the remarkable impact of low-frequency sounds on ...

A child with profound genetic hearing loss was dosed with the investigational otoferlin gene therapy (DB-OTO), becoming the first patient dosed in a phase 1/2 trial evaluating the treatment, and ...

When it comes to courtship, it is important to ensure that one is interacting with a member of the same species. Animals use multiple sensory systems to confirm that potential mates are indeed ...

Researchers have mapped the long-range synaptic connections involved in vocal learning in zebra finches, uncovering new details about how the brain organizes learned vocalizations such as birdsong.

Scientists from China have identified the existence of human-like speech pathways in the brains of marmoset monkeys, ...