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Many people suffer from anxiety and fears, and a common treatment for these problems is exposure therapy. In a new study, researchers have shown how the effect of exposure therapy can be improved by disrupting the recreation of fear-memories in people …

The performances of our brain like thinking, remembering, perceiving and motion control can only arise through the interaction of the network of nerve cells. Now, neuroscientists show how nerve cells communicate with each other in neural networks.

Scientists are testing a drug that could boost levels of critical protective protein in brain. In the study, the team conducted tests in a mouse model of Alzheimer’s disease by raising the levels of one of two forms of neuregulin-1 in the hippocampus, …

Researchers have revealed that microglia — cells involved in immune functions in the brain — also influence brain connectivity and formation of new links between neurons in the developing brain. By directly contacting dendrites, they cause accumulati…

Contrary to previous studies, researchers from University of California-San Diego School of Medicine show that as people age, their mental health improves.

Understanding what counts as an addiction, and what can be done to address it is the work of researchers across many disciplines.

Researchers from the Universities of Groningen (Netherlands) and Pennsylvania have discovered a piece in the puzzle of how sleep deprivation negatively affects memory.

Researchers outline the case of a baby born with Zika infection in January 2016, who remained infected by the virus even two months and one week after birth. This is the first reported case of prolonged Zika infection in newborns.

Mental stress may cause reduced blood flow in the heart muscle of younger women with heart disease. Younger women with heart disease are more susceptible to reduced blood flow from mental stress compared to men and older patients, new research has found.

A new study found that adult rats with disruptions in their social hierarchy produced far fewer new neurons, and reacted to the surrounding upheaval by favoring the company of familiar rats. The research is among the first to show that adult brain-cell…