A study of healthy volunteers in the United Kingdom found that the administration of escitalopram, a common antidepressant, ...

A study has found that early-life family stressors, like harsh parenting and unsafe neighborhoods, are linked to smaller ...

Hidden deep inside our brain is a small structure that regulates our response to danger. Despite its size, it has a major ...

A number of neural structures play a role in anxiety, but the one that gives it its strong emotional color is the amygdala. The rational, thinking prefrontal cortex is responsible for interpreting ...

The prelimbic (PrL) cortex is vulnerable to insult from adolescent alcohol exposure and receives input from the basolateral amygdala (BLA) while sending projections to the ventrolateral periaqueductal ...

A study found that ketamine, which causes dissociation, did not increase emotional suppression in PTSD patients. Instead, it ...

Parents can positively shape their child’s development by focusing on warmth, avoiding harsh discipline, and seeking support ...