Researchers have revealed neural circuits in the brainstem that are crucially involved in implementing decisions by controlling three fundamental behavioral states or strategies: perseverance, ...

This association suggests a possible genetic link. Brain imaging studies have shown that people with OCD often have differences in parts of the brain that are involved in emotional responses and ...

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Abbott Neuromodulation's Jenn Wong discusses the TRANSCEND trial for depression, imaging tech advancing DBS and other ...

From China to Brazil to Germany, huge numbers of people are addicted to shopping, driven in part by companies that use gaming ...

Dr. Daniel Amen, author of "Change Your Brain, Change Your Life," is a clinical neuroscientist and child and adolescent psychiatrist. He is the director of The Amen Clinic for Behavioral Medicine and ...

No normal subjects exhibited activation in any brain region. CONCLUSIONS: Results of functional magnetic resonance imaging were consistent with past studies of obsessive-compulsive disorder that ...

Sarah Heilbronner is a proud product of Martin County schools. However, federal budget cuts threaten important work she's ...

Mount Sinai Researchers Find Specific Therapy That Teaches Patients to Tolerate Stomach and Body Discomfort Improved Functional Brain Deficits Linked ...

Without high emotional intelligence, individuals like St. Teresa of Calcutta would not have impacted our world so profoundly. We need these individuals to open our eyes so we may be more empathetic ...

She and her colleagues are doing important research on the human brain's wiring, which could help treat people with Parkinson's disease, obsessive-compulsive disorder and other maladies.