Fear is an adaptive emotion that helps us cope with threatening situations. Deep within the temporal lobe of the brain is the amygdala, the most studied brain area involved in fear. The amygdala uses ...

A University of Alabama at Birmingham expert unpacks the complexities of PTSD, its impact on the brain and sleep, and how individuals can navigate emotional and cognitive challenges through treatment.

In previous studies, Yale researchers found that in people diagnosed with post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD), the amygdala — an area of the brain associated with emotional processing — reacts less ...

‘It is very difficult to investigate why some people show symptoms after a trauma and other people do not,’ explains De Voogd (now working at Leiden University). ’For a good measurement, you have to ...

Transcranial magnetic stimulation (TMS) targeting areas of the brain connected to the amygdala may reduce symptoms of PTSD in military veterans. The corresponding study was published in Nature ...

For those with Post Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD), norepinephrine and serotonin levels remain high during the rapid eye movement (REM) sleep stage. This condition reduces the brain’s ability to ...

MILWAUKEE, WI - Ongoing research is revealing how psychedelic drugs like psilocybin (the active ingredient in "magic mushrooms") and LSD may help treat post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) by ...

PARIS ― Administering a commonly available hormone via a nasal spray could help prevent the development of posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD) and reduce symptoms in those who already have the ...

Retired Army General Peter Chiarelli has endorsed the idea that post-traumatic stress disorder should be renamed post-traumatic stress injury to emphasize its putative organic basis. This proposal has ...