A growing body of research shows that the adult brain is far more adaptable than we once believed. The concept of ...

These results, which could pave the way for the development of new drugs for people resistant to conventional therapy ... "We now know that the amygdala is not only involved in our emotional ...

A number of neural structures play a role in anxiety, but the one that gives it its strong emotional color is the amygdala. The rational, thinking prefrontal cortex is responsible for interpreting ...

Resilience relies on the brain’s ability to regulate emotion, adapt, and recover. Myelin plasticity helps speed up and stabilize resilient brain responses. Genes like FKBP5 and BDNF affect how people ...

Veterans who suffered shrapnel damage connected to their amygdala, the fear center of ... trials in a larger group of ...