A new study published in the journal Molecular Psychiatry provides initial evidence for a non-invasive brain stimulation ...

The amygdala, which is centrally involved in the brain’s response to threats, is thought to play an important role in anxiety. So are other major components of the limbic system, the hippocampus ...

Anxiety disorders can run in families. Brain chemistry. Some research suggests anxiety disorders may be linked to faulty circuits in the brain that control fear and emotions.

An anxiety disorder can make it hard to function on a day-to-day basis (for instance, interfering with work or home ...

Anxiety disorders (ADs) affect more than 280 million people worldwide, making them one of the most common mental health conditions. ADs have a genetic basis as seen from inheritance in families ...

UK researchers have, for the first time, identified a genetic pathway in the brain that plays a key role in controlling anxiety, opening the door to the development of more effective treatments in ...

Weill Cornell Medicine investigators have identified in a preclinical model a specific brain circuit whose inhibition appears to reduce anxiety without side effects.

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Specifically, they examined whether the regions where AD-associated genes are expressed could reveal the neurocircuitry of AD by analyzing the spatiotemporal transcriptomic data of more than 200 genes ...

On Your Mind When is anxiety normal and when is it a disorder? A psychiatrist explains. There are ways to know the difference between adaptive and maladaptive anxiety, and to cope.

In the field of mental health, fear and anxiety are usually seen as pathologies. But there is necessary and appropriate fear and anxiety, which can be helpful.

The most common symptom of any anxiety disorder is a feeling of fear when events don’t justify it. Studies suggest that anxiety disorders are the result of fear responses in the brain being ...