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

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The amygdala overpowers the rational part of the brain, the prefrontal cortex, that normally interprets and regulates emotional experience and directs a behavioral response.

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 ...

"To analyze how the amygdala functions during depression, we measured the activity of some networks of neurons involved in the more or less negative interpretation of olfactory stimuli," says Alonso.

People with a more active amygdala (an area in the brain involved in processing information relevant to threats) are more likely to develop PTSD symptoms after experiencing trauma than people with ...