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A mouse strain with a mutation that leads to dysfunction of mitochondria — the ‘powerhouses’ that provide energy to cells — spontaneously undergo periodic episodes of depression-like behavior that resemble those in human, scientists report.

A special issue of Psycho-Oncology highlights the behavioral aspects of cancer care, which involves care provided by clinicians including psychiatrists, psychologists, nurses, and social workers.

A newly-developed mathematical method can detect geometric structure in neural activity in the brain. The method is a first step toward developing a new mathematical toolkit to uncover the structure of neural circuits with unknown function in the brain.

Holocaust survivor stories helped a post-doctoral researcher with a series of studies on gratitude and how it functions in the brain. The study sheds new light on a very under-studied subject, said the study’s senior author.

New research from a team led by a psychologist at the University of Kent suggests that humans, like other species, can perceive certain scents as threatening.

A new study in mice reveals that increased body weight and high blood sugar as a result of consuming a high-fat diet may cause anxiety and depressive symptoms and measurable changes in the brain.

Researchers have discovered a protein that’s involved in helping control the architecture of connections between neurons — a basic process involved in both healthy and diseased brains.

New insight into a vital cerebral pathway has explained how some patients in a vegetative state are aware despite appearing to be unconscious and being behaviorally unresponsive.

It’s no surprise that people enjoy warm places like Hawaii but may suffer in hostile locales such as Antarctica. A tumor suppressor gene called PTEN is similar in that it is affected by the microenvironments of certain bodily organs to which it travels.

A new study has pinpointed how early childhood stress affects brain activity, related to risks for depression and other mental health problems in adulthood.