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Research suggests that generalized anxiety disorder might protect some people after a heart attack, as the psychiatric condition may improve survival.

Déjà vu — that uncanny ‘I’ve seen this before’ experience — is sometimes accompanied by a feeling that you can tell what’s coming next. But can you?

Feeling thirsty is a primal and unmistakable urge. A new study unpicks the neural mechanisms that make up this feeling, and the story is a complex one.

In a scientific first, researchers have observed in mice how the brain learns to repeat patterns of neural activity that elicit the all-important feel-good sensation. This research offers key insights into how brain activity is shaped and refined as an…

Tapping into the electrical chatter between different regions of the brain may provide a new way to prevent and treat depression. Scientists showed that mice that were more susceptible to developing depression-like symptoms displayed different networks…

Scientists have discovered a new target for treating major depressive disorder, a disease that affects more than 16 million American adults.

If the sense of smell disappears, this can indicate a disease such as Alzheimer’s or Parkinson’s disease. However, unlike previously assumed, general degenerations in the nervous system do not play a leading role in the loss of the sense of smell with …

Animals exposed to anesthesia 3x in infancy later displayed increased anxiety-linked behaviors such as scratching, self-touching and self-grooming when under mild stress.

When you want to remember a phone number, you likely repeat the digits to yourself again and again. We unknowingly do something similar with our eyes to help us recall what we see and we do this more often when we’re older.