Brain injury and post-traumatic stress symptoms are both characterized by dysfunctional brain networks, with the amygdala specifically implicated as a region with both structural and functional ...

PTSD alters brain function, triggering hypervigilance, emotional dysregulation, and persistent distress. Even after treatment ...

Experimental findings indicate that PTSD is linked with structural and functional alterations in brain regions such as the amygdala, hippocampus, cingulate cortex, hypothalamus, dorsolateral ...

When a plane crash makes the news, it affects more than just the families of the dead. What makes this happen, and how can we ...

Last year, the path to FDA authorization of the psychedelic drug MDMA for treatment of PTSD hit an unexpected snag. It later ...

Carnegie Mellon researchers developed "DeepFocus," a new method for brain stimulation that combines transnasal and transcranial electrical stimulation for minimally invasive targeting of deep brain ...

Researchers from Carnegie Mellon University and Allegheny Health Network have developed a new method for deep brain ...

Ressler: Exploring the translation of amygdala function at the cellular and genomic levels to understand stress, fear, and trauma disorders, such as post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD),” is ...

Learn how losing REM sleep disrupts your brain’s ability to block unwanted memories – especially in people with mental health ...