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Mood stabilizers, such as lithium, can help treat a range of conditions, including bipolar disorder. These drugs are often effective, but there are also some risks. Learn more here.

Mood stabilizers, such as lithium, can help treat a range of conditions, including bipolar disorder. These drugs are often effective, but there are also some risks. Learn more here.

Scientists have taken the first step in developing an objective, brain-based test to diagnose autism.

By better understanding anxiety circuits in our brain, researchers may one day learn what goes awry in people with anxiety disorders.

A recent international questionnaire-based study concludes that not everyone who practices meditation has exclusively positive experiences.

Our attitudes can be influenced not only by what we actually experience but also by what we imagine.

An electroencephalogram test, also called an EEG, is a test that measures electrical activity in the brain. Doctors use EEG tests to diagnose epilepsy and other brain-related conditions. Learn about the uses, procedure, and results of EEG tests here.

Changes in gene activity in specific brain cells are associated with the severity of autism in children and young adults with the disorder, according to a new study.

Neuroscientists have discovered an area of the brain, the insular cortex, that processes painful experiences and thereby drives learning from aversive events.

Neuroscientists have identified a brain circuit that helps break complex decisions down into smaller pieces. The study sheds light on how the brain reasons about probable causes of failure after a hierarchy of decisions.