Two recent studies offer new clues about how the brain copes with traumatic events that can trigger flashbacks and lead to post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD). Do you suffer from some form of PTSD?

Fear is a powerful survival mechanism hardwired into our brains to help keep us safe. But what happens when those fears become a hindrance instead of a help? Now, scientists have discovered exactly ...

Coronal brain slice showing projections from different visual areas in the cerebral cortex to the ventrolateral geniculate nucleus (vLGN). These pathways are part of the circuit identified as ...

Researchers at the Sainsbury Wellcome Centre (SWC) at UCL have looked at how the brain learns to suppress responses to fear, ...

The left panel depicts direct fear, in which a mouse experiences an immediate threat such as a predator or footshocks, leading to robust defensive reactions and activation of survival circuits. The ...

A cannabinoid our bodies produce naturally has been found, in a new study, to play a role in the inappropriate regulation of fear responses characteristic of conditions like anxiety and PTSD. The ...

Scientists are discovering that our tendency to develop certain phobias might be written in our DNA before we even encounter the things that terrify us. Evidence from twin studies suggests that ...