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A new study published in Translational Psychiatry provides evidence that posttraumatic stress disorder may be linked to altered communication between specific parts of the amygdala and other brain ...

Treating anxiety, depression and other disorders may depend on the amygdala, a part of the brain that controls strong emotional reactions, especially fear. But a deep understanding of this structure ...

I’ve been studying the amygdala for more than 30 years. When I started this work, research on this brain region was a lonely field of inquiry. The hippocampus was all the rage, and I sometimes felt ...

A Dartmouth study challenges the conventional view that the amygdala-the two-sided structure deep in the brain involved in emotion, learning, and decision making-is simply the brain's primitive "fear ...

GLP-1 weight-loss drugs alter brain circuits in the amygdala and dopamine system to reduce the motivation to seek out high-calorie foods.

This post is the second in a series, “Connecting Biology to Behavior: Inside the ADHD Brain." Read the first post to learn about the role of dopamine in ADHD behaviors. Your child shuts down on a ...

Stress, digital overstimulation and chronic sleep loss are placing the human brain under sustained strain. Experts warn this ...