Given its role in emotional processing, the amygdala has been a focus in studies on various mental health conditions, from anxiety and depression to autism spectrum disorders. Researchers have ...

Both anxiety and depression involve amygdala hyperactivity, which can contribute to excessive emotional responses and impaired emotional regulation. With this study’s findings, a much less ...

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“That’s something that had been underappreciated before our study, and we were able to get at that because we had such high-resolution data.” Both anxiety and depression involve amygdala hyperactivity ...

And the findings on our skills thinking about what others might be thinking could one day lead to treatments for psychiatric conditions like anxiety and depression. The study was published Nov ...

In comparison with the vast epidemiological literature on postpartum depression (PPD), relatively few studies have examined the biological aspects of the disorder. However, research into the ...

Depression impairs the functioning of the hippocampus ... The nerve cell connections between the amygdala and the prefrontal cortex (PFC) are critical in anxiety. Anxiety results when alarm ...

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