A number of neural structures play a role in anxiety, but the one that gives it its strong emotional color is the amygdala. The rational, thinking prefrontal cortex is responsible for interpreting ...

The changes in the maternal brain during pregnancy are no accident—they’re deeply rooted in evolution, serving one critical ...

Medical experts have identified ‘anhedonia’ as a core feature of major depressive disorder. The inability to experience ...

This important study includes convincing evidence to show that behavioral measures and hippocampal representations of cognitive control are not dependent upon the medial prefrontal cortex. Whilst ...