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Anxiety disorders are the most prevalent of all brain disorders, and yet there’s been little progress in drug treatments for anxiety in more than 50 years. Now, researchers suggest that studies in flies might help to elucidate fundamental mechanisms un…

A recent review of the medical literature does not support the use of antipsychotic medications for preventing or treating delirium in hospitalized patients.

Prenatal steroid treatment reduces by half a premature baby’s risk for a severe form of brain hemorrhage after birth, a study has found. The research, on nearly 26,000 premature infants, demonstrated that the benefit applies even to the earliest born p…

New research suggests ‘masculine’ men are less likely to visit the doctor, and women with ‘masculine contingencies of self-worth’ are also less likely to seek medical help.

Core symptoms of anorexia nervosa, including the urge to restrict food intake and feeling fat, are reduced after just one session of a non-invasive brain stimulation technique, according to King’s…

Evidence is mounting that a gene called PTCHD1 helps the brain sort between important sights and sounds — and distractions.

A new tool to control the activity of neurons in mice avoids the downfalls of current methods by using magnetic forces to remotely control the flow of ions into specifically targeted cells. Applying this method to a group of neurons in the hypothalamus…

Core symptoms of anorexia nervosa, including the urge to restrict food intake and feeling fat, are reduced after just one session of a noninvasive brain stimulation technique, according new research.

The conflict between science and religion may have its origins in the structure of our brains. To believe in a supernatural god or universal spirit, people appear to suppress the brain network used for analytical thinking and engage the empathetic netw…

Scientists have looked into the brains of living mice to see in real time the processing of sensory information and generation of behavioral responses. To do so, researchers developed a line of transgenic mice whose brains expressed a green fluorescent…