UC San Francisco researchers identified a brain circuit linking the amygdala and hippocampus that determines resilience to stress. Stimulating this circuit in mice reversed indecision and depressive ...

Driven by artificial intelligence (AI), cloud computing, and the digital transformation, U.S. data centers consumed an estimated 150 TWh of electricity in 2023—equivalent to around 3% of the ...

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The effectiveness of water fluoridation in reducing dental caries has been the focus of public health research for decades. A recent comparative study published in Cochrane Library examined cohorts of ...

The study was published Nov. 22 in the journal Science Advances. In the first study of its kind to map with functional magnetic resonance imaging the details of the brain’s social cognitive network, ...

Research indicates advanced brain areas that facilitate social understanding are connected to the amygdala, offering new approaches for psychiatric treatment. Credit: SciTechDaily.com New research by ...

Summary: A new study uncovers constant communication between the human brain’s social cognitive network, responsible for understanding others’ thoughts, and the amygdala, known for processing fear and ...

Often referred to as our "lizard brain," the amygdala typically is associated with detecting threats and processing fear. A classic example of the amygdala in action is someone's physiological and ...

Acidifying astrocytes in the brain's amygdala prevents long-term memory formation but does not impact short-term memory. Alkalinized astrocytes strengthen memory retention, maintaining fear responses ...

This valuable modeling study explores how biophysical properties of different interneuron subtypes in the basolateral amygdala (BLA) enable production of oscillations that facilitate functions such as ...