Brain injury and post-traumatic stress symptoms are both characterized by dysfunctional brain networks, with the amygdala specifically implicated as a region with both structural and functional ...

When a plane crash makes the news, it affects more than just the families of the dead. What makes this happen, and how can we ...

Dr. Kerry Ressler, Chief Scientific Officer at McLean Hospital and Harvard professor, reveals breakthrough discoveries in understanding how trauma shapes the brain. His research combines molecular ...

Last year, the path to FDA authorization of the psychedelic drug MDMA for treatment of PTSD hit an unexpected snag. It later ...

Scientists know that in PTSD, the stress circuitry in the brain goes awry, disrupting communication between several brain centers. These include the amygdala, which normally monitors incoming ...

Southern Methodist University biology researchers are uncovering how brain, heart, and lung connections may hold the key to ...

Experimental findings indicate that PTSD is linked with structural and functional alterations in brain regions such as the amygdala, hippocampus, cingulate cortex, hypothalamus, dorsolateral ...

Using male C57BL/6J germ-free (GF) mice, not exposed to live microbes, increased anxiety-related behavior was observed correlating with a significant increase in the immediate early c-Fos gene in the ...

Ressler: Exploring the translation of amygdala function at the cellular and genomic levels to understand stress, fear, and trauma disorders, such as post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD),” is ...

Researchers have discovered that positive emotions enhance perceptual memories during sleep, particularly in the non-REM stage.