Depression makes the brain more sensitive to negative experiences and less responsive to positive ones, linked to specific ...

This important study partially fills the gap in the knowledge of olfaction at the level of the Anterior Olfactory Nucleus (AON) and Piriform Cortex with functional magnetic resonance imaging, ...

Bullying doesn’t just hurt feelings—it can actually rewire a young brain. New research from the Royal College of Surgeons in ...

Scientists studying the amygdala have found specific cell types linked to anxiety. This work may lead to treatments that target these cells directly, offering hope for more effective management of ...

The work is published Oct. 30 in the American Journal of Psychiatry. "The amygdala is central to emotion processing in the brain, and is known to contribute to fear and anxiety," said Drew Fox ...

No matter what you've heard, you don't love anything with all of your heart. You love from the depths of your ventral tegmental area, your hypothalamus, your nucleus accumbens, and other vital areas ...

Nucleus RadioPharma, co-founded by Mayo Clinic, plans to build facilities in Mesa, Arizona and Springhouse, Pennsylvania. The start-up is also creating a manufacturing center in downtown Rochester ...

Similarly, those with a preference for comedies showed increased activity in both the amygdala and the nucleus accumbens, which is associated with the brain’s reward and pleasure systems. In contrast, ...

nucleus accumbens, amygdala and the ventral diencephalon. What they found was that genetic expression impacts brain volume across different regions, and this appears to influence a predisposition ...

Social media hacks into our dopamine loops within the nucleus accumbens and other reward ... assaults our amygdala with emotional volatility, creating a potent mix of reward-seeking behavior ...

Discover the genetic connections between brain volume changes, Parkinson's disease, and ADHD, revealing insights into how genes impact brain health and neurological disorders. Genomic analysis of ...