A low-dose mix of zinc, serine, and branched-chain amino acids boosted neural function and social behavior in autism mouse ...

Neurons that specifically reduce and modulate electrical brain activity have a greater influence on emotional memories than ...

There is tremendous interest in the question of how salient, emotional and socially-charged visual stimuli are processed by the brain. This topic is important because it addresses a fundamental ...

The amygdala has long been known to play a role in responding to the emotionality of a stimulus, activating to images containing threatening, novel or highly arousing features 1. Given the ...

Researchers have found that typically-developing children gain more neurons in a region of the brain that governs social and emotional behavior, the amygdala, as they become adults. This phenomenon ...

Recent breakthroughs in neuroscience have identified the amygdala as a key origin of anxiety. Scientists have discovered a small group of brain cells that can completely reverse anxiety and depression ...

BOSTON, MA — Previous studies have shown that stress ups metabolic activity in a certain brain area and is a risk factor for CVD, but now a new longitudinal study connects the dots and shows for the ...

A new study on mice from the RIKEN-MIT Center for Neural Circuit Genetics has pinpointed 'positive' neurons housed in the back of the amygdala and 'negative' neurons located in the front of the ...

I like to occasionally refresh memories and acquaint newcomers of just what it is we are talking about when we refer to panic disorder and agoraphobia. I’ll give my quick definitions and then go over ...

Got a big social network? Then you probably have a large amygdala, according to a new study that found a connection between the size of this brain region and the number of social relationships a ...