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Researchers found that when these cells become too active, they can trigger behaviors linked to anxiety and social isolation.

Fear is an adaptive emotion that helps us cope with threatening situations. Deep within the temporal lobe of the brain is the amygdala, the most studied brain area involved in fear. The amygdala uses ...

By Dr. Priyom Bose, Ph.D. From alpha brain waves to amygdala activity, scientists map how forests, wetlands, and even ...

Most people think of a bad night's sleep as a minor inconvenience, something to push through with an extra coffee and a bit ...

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 ...

Picture a star-shaped cell in the brain, stretching its spindly arms out to cradle the neurons around it. That's an astrocyte, and for a long time, scientists thought its job was caretaking the brain, ...

Macaque’s social tolerance grades, through its underlying cognitive demands, shape subcortical structures volumes.

Research shows time outdoors can lower stress-related brain activity, reduce cortisol and improve attention. Here’s how to ...