How does the brain choose between fight, flight, or freeze? Tulane University scientists have discovered the neural pathways ...
Fear is an adaptive emotion that helps us cope with threatening situations. Deep within the temporal lobe of the brain is the amygdala, the most studied brain area involved in fear. The amygdala uses ...
Understanding the neurobiology of trauma, from the silent Broca’s area to the overactive amygdala, can be a pivotal step in moving from survival to a validated recovery.
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Study links physical activity to brain changes that may blunt trauma effects
Researchers have found that lifelong physical activity may moderate the structural brain changes linked to adverse childhood ...
A University of Alabama at Birmingham expert unpacks the complexities of PTSD, its impact on the brain and sleep, and how individuals can navigate emotional and cognitive challenges through treatment.
A web of altered neurochemical pathways and physical brain changes result in post-traumatic stress disorder, or PTSD. The interplay between cortisol dysregulation, heightened norepinephrine levels, ...
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Psychedelics may rewire the brain to treat PTSD. Scientists are finally beginning to understand how.
For researcher Lynnette Averill, the quest to find a treatment for post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) is deeply personal. Averill's father served as an enlisted infantryman with the U.S. Marine ...
‘It is very difficult to investigate why some people show symptoms after a trauma and other people do not,’ explains De Voogd (now working at Leiden University). ’For a good measurement, you have to ...
MILWAUKEE, WI - Ongoing research is revealing how psychedelic drugs like psilocybin (the active ingredient in "magic mushrooms") and LSD may help treat post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) by ...
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