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Stressed brain cells can survive longer by slowing sugar use, revealing a short-term protective response that later turns ...

Stress worsens sleep quality and can impair memory. Shinjae Chung, from the University of Pennsylvania, led a study to explore a neural pathway in male mice that stress may influence to cause sleep ...

Cover article art caption: Insets with TH mRNA+ neurons in red, either single labeled, or co-labeled with VGluT2 (blue) and/or GAD1 (green) mRNA. Simple arrow = single labeled TH+ neurons, arrowhead= ...

Recent medical research indicates that the heightened risk of heart disease observed in patients with depression or anxiety may stem from specific biological pathways involving the brain and immune ...

Share on Pinterest The collections of bacteria in the gut may play a role in the regulation of stress responses, an animal study suggests. Image credit: Justin Lewis/Getty Images. Experts are ...

Like all university students, University of Colorado students suffer from mental illness. Stress, depression, and anxiety are among the most ubiquitous mental illnesses on the CU campus. Given the ...

New research shows how some brain cells fight tau buildup in Alzheimer’s, pointing to internal systems that help neurons survive longer.