Recent breakthroughs in neuroscience have identified the amygdala as a key origin of anxiety. Scientists have discovered a ...

What if everything we’re doing to help anxious kids is actually making them worse? A new approach challenges it all±in just ...

Scientists identified a gene in the amygdala that can cause anxiety by over-expressing itself. They treated that gene in mice ...

May is Mental Health Awareness Month. Reports show anxiety and depression are two of the most common mental health conditions for adults here in the United States. But not everyone responds to ...

Some anxiety is part of the cost of admission to humanity. Because its distinguishing raison d’etre is the anticipation of bad outcomes, it can be a helpful stimulus to preparation or rehearsal before ...

Researchers at the National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke (NINDS) have discovered a new way to treat anxiety. By manipulating a specific signaling pathway in the brains of young, ...

People with anxiety disorders have lower levels of choline in their brains, according to research from UC Davis Health.

A neuroscientist, he employed a battery of high-tech tools in devising a fast-acting therapy that targets the area of the ...

Scientists have found that the psychedelic DOI helped 'rewire' the brains of rats and influenced a brain pathway key to mental health that may improve treatment for depression.