Discover how groundbreaking research reveals that gut microbes and probiotics could revolutionize anxiety relief and mental ...

University of California, Los Angeles researchers have discovered that chronic stress flips brain activity between two ...

Gut health is already shaping the future of food and beverage. Now, research on the gut’s influence over mental health, look ...

Researchers have discovered that naturally occurring gut microbes produce indoles—compounds that play a key role in ...

More information: Mathilde Bigot et al, Disrupted basolateral amygdala circuits supports negative valence bias in depressive states, Translational Psychiatry (2024). DOI: 10.1038/s41398-024-03085-6 ...

In a first of its kind study, Tufts University School of Medicine researchers demonstrate that interfering with the neural circuits responsible for emotional decisions can increase or decrease ...

This reduced the elevated neuronal activity in the basolateral amygdala and thus SK2 channel activity. As a result, the mice showed significantly less anxiety-related behavior -- their emotional ...

Science What if our gut held part of the solution to easing our anxieties? A recent study reveals that gut bacteria and ...

In initial experiments, they confirmed that a portion of the amygdala known as the basolateral amygdala (BLA) is the principal location where mGluR2-activating compounds exert their anxiety ...

New research shows that early life stress disrupts dopamine signaling, altering social motivation and behavior.

This reduced the elevated neuronal activity in the basolateral amygdala and thus SK2 channel activity. As a result, the mice showed significantly less anxiety-related behavior—their emotional ...