Scientists discover a specific brainstem circuit that triggers long-lasting anxiety
The Global Burden of Anxiety and the Search for Precision Anxiety disorders represent one of the most significant public health challenges of the 21st century. According to data from the…
An international mega-analysis of psychedelic drug effects on brain circuit function
A comprehensive international analysis combining brain imaging data from multiple independent studies has identified a definitive and common pattern in how psychedelic drugs alter communication between different brain networks. Published…
A Specific Brain Circuit Identified as a Key Driver of Anxiety, Depression, and Social Withdrawal
Scientists have identified a specific brain circuit that appears to play a major role in anxiety, depression-like behaviors, and social withdrawal. Even more striking, they found that restoring balance within…
A Specific Brain Circuit Identified as a Key Driver of Anxiety, Depression-like Behaviors, and Social Withdrawal
Scientists have identified a specific brain circuit that appears to play a major role in anxiety, depression-like behaviors, and social withdrawal. Even more striking, they found that restoring balance within…
Unlocking the Neural Basis of Anxiety, Depression, and Social Withdrawal: A Targeted Brain Circuit Offers Hope for New Therapies
A groundbreaking discovery by scientists at the Institute for Neurosciences (IN), a joint center of the Spanish National Research Council (CSIC) and Miguel Hernández University (UMH) of Elche, has pinpointed…
Unraveling the Neural Basis of Anxiety: A Breakthrough Circuit Identifies Potential Therapeutic Targets
Scientists have identified a specific brain circuit that appears to play a major role in anxiety, depression-like behaviors, and social withdrawal. Even more striking, they found that restoring balance within…
Scientists reverse anxiety by fixing a tiny brain circuit
Scientists have pinpointed a critical neural pathway within the brain that appears to exert significant influence over anxiety, the manifestation of depression-like behaviors, and the tendency toward social withdrawal. In…
A Newly Discovered Brain Circuit Holds the Key to Understanding and Potentially Treating Chronic Pain
New research originating from the University of Colorado Boulder has unveiled a previously underappreciated brain circuit that may hold the critical answer to why some instances of short-term pain transition…
A Newly Discovered Brain Circuit Holds the Key to Chronic Pain’s Persistence
New research emanating from the University of Colorado Boulder has illuminated a previously underappreciated brain circuit, identified as the caudal granular insular cortex (CGIC), which appears to be a critical…















