Scientists have discovered a key component to better understanding how traumatic memories may be strengthened in women. Their study's findings suggest that developing clinical treatments that could ...

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The neuromodulator norepinephrine has an unexpected, direct action on auditory processing of complex signals, specifically bird songs in the zebra finch, new research suggests. For neuroscientists ...

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However, a new study has identified a surprising “brake.” Investigating melanoma in mouse models, the team discovered that sympathetic nerves, the same ones responsible for the “fight-or-flight” ...

This post is Part 4 in a five-part series entitled "Narrowing Down the Choices." Part 1 can be found here, Part 2 here; Part 3 here. The neuro-cognitive model of addictions frames addictions as being ...

Researchers at Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis have upended decades-old dogma of how connections between brain cells are rearranged during states of heightened vigilance or ...