Cornell researchers have identified a specific brain circuit that could lead to anxiety treatments without cognitive side ...

Scientists have pinpointed a brain circuit that, when activated, reduces anxiety without impairing memory. Using ...

A new Cochrane review showed SSRIs and SNRIs outperform placebo for GAD with similar dropout rates, but questions remain ...

leading to reduced anxiety. In addition to these findings, the researchers explored the role of a specific serotonin receptor ...

Investigators have identified in a preclinical model a specific brain circuit whose inhibition appears to reduce anxiety without side effects. Their work suggests a new target for treating anxiety ...

Among a plethora of factors, impaired activity of the serotonin receptors in the reward system ... even appetite (pleasure to eat and/or to eat specific categories of macronutrients).

While these receptors are found on neurons within many brain circuits, the team showed that activating them in a specific circuit terminating in an emotion-related brain region called the amygdala ...

Besides inducing “trips,” psychedelics such as LSD—administered in parallel to psychological support—have been shown to have beneficial effects in cases of depression, anxiety ... mediated by one of ...

Several medications may help treat anxiety in older adults. They typically include antidepressants, such as selective serotonin reuptake inhibitors (SSRIs), selective norepinephrine reuptake ...

Like SNRIs, tricyclic antidepressants block both serotonin and norepinephrine, but at a different point in the process. Tricyclic antidepressants may also block histamine and muscarine receptors ...