Treating anxiety, depression and other disorders may depend on the amygdala, a part of the brain that controls strong emotional reactions, especially fear. But a deep understanding of this structure ...
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Study links physical activity to brain changes that may blunt trauma effects
Researchers have found that lifelong physical activity may moderate the structural brain changes linked to adverse childhood ...
Rather than a single hyperactive area causing emotional instability, recent research points to network-wide communication. Scientists found that neuroticism involves tight connections between the ...
A Dartmouth study challenges the conventional view that the amygdala—the two-sided structure deep in the brain involved in emotion, learning, and decision making—is simply the brain's primitive "fear ...
Experts explain how the brain reacts to crucial fight-or-flight responses, making scary movies both terrifying and strangely enjoyable ...
An international group of researchers led by Vanderbilt University has discovered for the first time that there are cannabinoid receptors in the amygdala. The amygdala is one of the primary brain ...
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