Focused ultrasound targeting the amygdala safely reduced emotional brain reactivity and improved symptoms of depression, anxiety, and trauma disorders, suggesting it may be a promising new treatment ...

Smells trigger powerful emotional responses through specialized brain cells. These insights may improve sensory health. You wouldn’t microwave fish around your worst enemy. The smell lingers in both ...

The cerebrum, especially the cerebral cortex, has long been thought to be the important part of our brain. However, the ...

Amygdala brain part location with medical human head anatomy outline diagram. Labeled educational scheme with body physiology for memory, decision making and emotional response vector illustration.

A research team has discovered that a specific group of neurons in the amygdala, a brain region involved in emotion ...

Our brain makes decisions based on direct associations between stimuli in our environment, but it often also does so based on ...

A new study reveals how the brain can make decisions based not only on direct experiences, but also on indirect associations ...

A better understanding of human smell is emerging as scientists interrogate its fundamental elements: the odor molecules that ...

The motor cortex matures faster in ADHD, possibly contributing to restlessness. Delays in the maturationof the frontal lobe, ...

Noninvasive brain-computer interfaces (BCIs) are safe, cost-effective, and hold promise for many, but face challenges such as imprecise, unintuitive control.

Confocal microscopy image showing basolateral amygdala cells infected by a virus engineered to introduce the CRE recombinase ...