Researchers discovered distinct molecular differences in how the brain processes directly experienced versus witnessed trauma -- a finding that could lead to more targeted treatments for PTSD.

All groups of rats who ate high-fat diets for three months showed negative changes in gut bacteria, gut health and metabolic ...

New research reveals that witnessing trauma triggers unique brain changes, distinct from those caused by experiencing trauma firsthand.

“First [we] trigger the fear memory by exposing people to a situation or stimulus that they fear,” she says. Kindt then adds something new to the experience, such as challenging a patient ...

Recalling a favorite vacation may summon pleasure for years to come, whereas the fear that accompanies a memory of assault might cause a victim to never return to the scene of the crime. Tonegawa ...

The study, published in Immunity & Ageing, was conducted on rats to examine how quickly high-fat diets affect the brain ...

contextual memory mediated by the hippocampus (the primary memory center of the brain), and cued-fear memory that originates in the amygdala (the fear and danger center of the brain). Compared to ...

The sound of air raid sirens echoing around the city was a common one during the Cold War and for many of those who lived ...

Humans have certain instinctive fear reactions to things that won’t ... “Our results challenge traditional views about learning and memory,” says Sonja Hofer, a neuroscientist at the ...