Scientists discovered a brain circuit that allows us to regulate voluntary breathing, which connects the brain's emotional and behavioral cortical area to its automatic breathing brainstem area. The ...

Anxiety is excessive worry or concern. It gets the body ready for action to fight danger. But what if no danger exists? Then, anxiety compels the sufferer to keep running from an invisible monster to ...

Anxiety after brain injury emerges from impaired brain states, from direct neurophysiological damage to the social ...

Anxiety is basically our mind's alarm system ringing too many times, even in the absence of actual trouble. While worry is expected from time to time, chronic anxiety can interfere with sleep, ...

Instead of treating anxiety as a diffuse chemical imbalance, these studies trace it to precise locations in the hippocampus, amygdala, and even to specialized microglia that monitor the brain’s ...

Anxiety disorders are some of the most common mental health conditions in America, affecting about one in five people nationwide. But much remains unknown about the roots of anxiety in the brain. Now, ...

Anxiety disorders affect more than 300 million people globally. Several brain regions have been linked to anxiety, but how ...

As humans grow older, their emotional stability and sleep patterns can change significantly. For instance, some past studies have found that many older adults find it harder to manage negative ...

Recent advances in brain imaging have given researchers new tools to study anxiety disorders. Using a technique called proton magnetic resonance spectroscopy (1H-MRS), scientists can measure brain ...