The neuropeptide oxytocin is a special messenger substance that nerve cells use to communicate with each other. It is acting ...

A brain structure called the amygdala, and its connections with another region, the prefrontal cortex, shape people’s experiences and social interactions. The discovery of a key molecular mechanism ...

As we work on overcoming what scares us, a new plasticity becomes available in our brain, and fear strikes out.

Picture a star-shaped cell in the brain, stretching its spindly arms out to cradle the neurons around it. That's an astrocyte, and for a long time, scientists thought its job was caretaking the brain, ...

Around 70% of women who suffer a sexual assault develop PTSD; now scientists have shown that many of these women show a marked reduction in the usual communication between two important brain areas ...

A new animal study shows how the neuropeptide oxytocin specifically promotes social behavior. Researchers have demonstrated that oxytocin acts directly in the medial prefrontal cortex, a central area ...

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It's not anxiety keeping you awake. It's your brain running a biological program that most people completely misunderstand.