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Clinical anxiety affects up to 30 percent of Americans who are in great need of better treatments with fewer side effects. A study finds that certain neurons in the hypothalamus play a central, previously unknown role in triggering anxiety.

A brain MRI could help improve the diagnosis of people with a common type of cognitive disorder, according to a new study. Vascular cognitive disorder is caused by disease of the vessels supplying blood to the brain. Strokes and transient ischemic atta…

Adapting to Stress: Understanding the Neurobiology of Resilience, an articlepublished in Behavioral Medicine, examines the way our bodies, specifically our brains, become “stress-resilient.

At the dinner table, babies do a lot more than play with their sippy cups, new research suggests.

Scientists from the Higher School of Economics (HSE) together with colleagues from the University of Helsinki have discovered that learning foreign languages enhances the our brain’s elasticity and…

Using EEG recordings, a new study shows that the more languages we learn, the faster the brain circuits that code new information are formed.

People with the most common type of lung cancer whose disease has spread to the brain could be spared potentially harmful whole brain radiotherapy, according to new research. The phase 3 randomized trial found that whole brain radiotherapy had no benef…

A new study shows that increased physical activity among patients with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) reduces their risk of anxiety or depression.

Comparing short and tall people has been a scientific pastime for many years. The latest difference to be unearthed appears to be spatial awareness.

When it comes to the billions of neurons in your brain, what you see at birth is what get — except in the hippocampus.