A research team from the Istituto Italiano di Tecnologia (IIT-Italian Institute of Technology), in collaboration with the IRCCS Istituto Giannina Gaslini in Genoa (Italy), has demonstrated that ...

When trauma strikes: Researchers say timing, not type, of trauma drives long-term brain and behavior changes. Distinct age effects: Childhood trauma linked to social issues; adolescent trauma tied to ...

The timing of trauma determines adult behavioral outcomes like aggression or social anxiety by impacting specific ...

Why timing matters: Researchers found that trauma during specific life stages, especially childhood to post-adolescence, can cause persistent brain and behavioral changes. Therapy implications: ...

Scientists have uncovered a striking brain difference linked to psychopathy: people with psychopathic traits were found to ...

A new study led by researchers at the University of Colorado Anschutz Medical Campus, Brigham and Women’s Hospital and Harvard Medical School has found that damage to a specific region of the brain ...

Persistence is also central to the questions he studies. His work examines how the brain generates responses that unfold over ...

Frontotemporal dementia causes striking shifts in behavior, emotion, and communication—making loved ones seem like different ...

Cytokines are well-known players in the immune response, helping to control inflammation and coordinate the responses of other immune cells. However, a growing body of evidence suggests that some ...

The relationship between physical activity and cognitive health has become an important focus in neuroscience, behavioral medicine, and health research. In ...

The human brain contains nearly 86 billion neurons, constantly exchanging messages like an immense social media network, but neurons do not work alone – glial cells, neurotransmitters, receptors, and ...