New research shows that the threat-response in the brain's amygdala (which processes emotions) is linked to different ...

One in four psychiatric patients in Denmark are readmitted and that carries major personal and societal costs. But can we ...

New research shows that the threat-response in the brain’s amygdala (which processes emotions) is linked to different patterns of drinking by sex. In young males, heightened amygdala reactivity was ...

How does the amygdala influence drinking? New research shows sex-specific neural pathways: amygdala reactivity leads to ...

A study links heightened brain responses to negative emotions with increased psychiatric readmission risk, suggesting simple ...

One potential underlying cause of symptoms in individuals with depression is an emotion- processing bias which causes them to have a stronger response to negative information more so than positive.

Psilocybin from so-called “magic mushrooms” has the ability to weaken an individual’s response to angry facial expressions, according to a newly published research. The findings are based on the ...

Bottom line: This study discovered a circuit in the brain that connects stress with increased glucose and therefore may link stress to type 2 diabetes. In stressful situations, this circuit from the ...

The amygdala is a small, almond-shaped structure in the limbic system of our brain, known for its key function in the cascade of events associated with detecting threat. When the thalamus communicates ...

It can take seconds for us to develop a new fear and years for us to forget it. Scientists from the Netherlands are trying to find new ways to quickly unlearn our fears.