Fixing the balance of a single brain circuit erased anxiety and social deficits in mice, revealing a powerful new target for ...

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 ...

The amygdala is a part of the brain important for emotional responses, especially fear. It is thought to be important in anxiety disorders. A new UC Davis study reveals new cell types in different ...

A new study published in Brain, Behavior, and Immunity provides evidence that consuming refined diets for as little as three ...

What are the roles of norepinephrine and the locus coeruleus (LC) in promoting anxiety-like behavior through the basolateral amygdala (BLA)? The LC regulates arousal and stress reactions, especially ...

Women are more than twice as likely as men to develop stress-related conditions such as posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD), ...

Physicians have long observed a mystifying phenomenon: After a bout of infection or an autoimmune disease flare-up, some people experience prolonged mood swings, emotional dysregulation, and changes ...

Research on a cytokine called IL-17 adds new evidence that such molecules can influence behavior during illness. Two new studies from MIT and Harvard Medical School add to a growing body of evidence ...