Children's National Hospital and partnering academic centers have found that newborns exposed to opioids in utero exhibited ...

High intake of ultra-processed foods is linked to adverse metabolic health and microstructural brain changes in regions that ...

A U.S. prospective study has found that antenatal opioid exposure, particularly during the second or third trimester, was ...

Opioid exposure in the second or third trimester was associated with smaller brain volumes in newborns, a prospective U.S.

A new study published in Biological Psychiatry suggests that brain activity in specific regions before experiencing a traumatic event may help predict whether an individual will develop post-traumatic ...

At the heart of the brain's emotional center The amygdala, a brain region often linked to emotions and decision-making, also plays a key role in shaping our desire to eat and drink. Earlier ...

Rising global temperatures aren't just changing our planet—they may be altering the developing brains of our children.

Nov. 12, 2019 — UTSA researchers are pioneering an innovative brain study that sheds light on how the amygdala portion of the brain functions and could contribute to a better understanding of ...

In her case, the errant set of neurons -- called a lesion -- was in her amygdala, the part of the brain that controls emotions ... The lesion in Bradbury’s brain was big enough that it showed up on ...