A research team has discovered that a specific group of neurons in the amygdala, a brain region involved in emotion ...

Anxiety can be thought of as the psychological equivalent of pain. Although only a subset of mental health conditions contain the word "anxiety," it can be a symptom of more. Missing a condition ...

When we think of anxiety, we often think of the brain or the central nervous system. Mental stress and emotional pressure are ...

The Synaptic Physiology laboratory, led by Juan Lerma at the Institute for Neurosciences (IN), a joint center of the Spanish National Research Council (CSIC) and Miguel Hernández University (UMH) of ...

"I went from a minor toothache to almost dead in about three days. So any time I hear someone question whether or not to get ...

Stress hijacks the immune system and takes your thinking brain offline. Fortunately, a one-minute mindful reflection practice ...

Why is the accurate detection of anxiety disorders important? Anxiety disorders are quite common but often go undetected, even in people who would benefit from treatment. Through the screening process ...

Post-traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD) isn’t caused by just one faulty switch in the brain; it’s more like a tangled orchestra of genes and cells thrown off-key by trauma. With many genetic players ...