Fixing the balance of a single brain circuit erased anxiety and social deficits in mice, revealing a powerful new target for ...

Our brain makes decisions based on direct associations between stimuli in our environment, but it often also does so based on events that initially appear unrelated. How does it achieve this? A recent ...

If you've ever felt like anxiety is taking over your brain, you might have been on to something. Neuroscience now confirms that chronic anxiety doesn't just alter your mood—it reshapes the structure ...

The amygdala is a part of the brain important for emotional responses, especially fear. It is thought to be important in anxiety disorders. A new UC Davis study reveals new cell types in different ...

The social part of the brain is in constant contact with the emotional center of the brain, according to scientists at Northwestern University. The new findings confirm what many have long thought: ...

A new study published in Biological Psychiatry00993-X/fulltext) suggests that brain activity in specific regions before experiencing a traumatic event may help predict whether an individual will ...

Scientists sought to better understand how humans evolved to become so skilled at thinking about what's happening in other peoples' minds. The findings could have implications for one day treating ...

Trauma doesn’t always end when the danger is over. For many, the body and brain remain locked in survival mode, long after the traumatic event has passed. This is the painful reality of post-traumatic ...