by Weill Cornell Medical College Fluorescent image of the basolateral amygdala (BLA; outlined) showing projections from the insular cortex (red) and the prefrontal cortex (green). Credit: Dr. Ipsit Srivastava Weill Cornell Medicine investigators have identified in a preclinical model a specific brain circuit whose inhibition appears to reduce anxiety without side effects. Their work suggests a...
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Parents have big influence on children’s anxiety, says psychologist
by Leiden University Credit: Pixabay/CC0 Public Domain How do parents communicate anxiety to their child via body language and words? Psychologist Cosima Nimphy studied this question for her Ph.D. research. Experiments show that children of anxious parents are not more sensitive to their parents’ signs of anxiety. Biking to school alone for the first time, playing...
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New clinical pathway supports cancer recurrence anxiety
by Thomas Hobson, University of Sydney Credit: Unsplash/CC0 Public Domain Researchers have developed a three-step plan to support those burdened by the intense fear of cancer recurrence. This plan offers a consistent, streamlined approach to managing recurrence anxiety, empowering patients to regain confidence and move forward with their lives. The multidisciplinary team, led by researchers from...
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Stress can disrupt memory and lead to needless anxiety — here’s how
In mice, stress altered the way that the brain formed memories, resulting in an unnecessary fear response. Neurotransmitters in the amygdala might be why we have anxious responses in harmless situations.Credit: Owen Franken/Corbis via Getty Stress makes mice form big bundles of neurons in the brain that disrupt memory formation, making them fearful of harmless...
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What is the 333 rule for anxiety?
The 333 rule may ease anxiety by shifting a person‘s attention back to the present moment, a technique known as grounding. To use the rule, people can identify 3 objects they can see, hear, and touch or move. An advantage of the 333 rule is that it does not require any supplies, such as a...
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How politics is redefining anxiety
By Maya Goldman Illustration: Lindsey Bailey/Axios The 2024 election cycle may be remembered for redefining anxiety and drawing attention to the unique way politics stresses Americans out.Why it matters: Pitched partisanship, razor-thin margins, political violence and a barrage of ads have measurable health effects, including high levels of stress-related hormone in the body that can lead...
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Liver X receptor beta: A new frontier in treating depression and anxiety
October 4, 2024 by Genomic Press In a Bench to Bedside review published in the journal Brain Medicine, researchers Dr. Xiaoyu Song and Professor Jan-Åke Gustafsson from the University of Houston and Karolinska Institutet (Sweden) shed light on the therapeutic potential of liver X receptor beta (LXRβ) in treating depression and anxiety. This comprehensive analysis...
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People displaced by hurricanes face anxiety and a long road to recovery, surveys show
Credit: CC0 Public Domain The trauma of natural disasters doesn’t end when the storm or wildfire is gone, or even when communities are being put back together and homes have been rebuilt. For many people, being displaced by a disaster has long-term consequences that often aren’t obvious or considered in disaster aid decisions. We study public...
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Brain cell connectivity research provides a potential target for anxiety disorders
Synopsis. Credit: The EMBO Journal (2024). DOI: 10.1038/s44318-024-00252-9 Scientists at Université de Montréal and its affiliated Montreal Clinical Research Institute (IRCM) have uncovered unique roles for a protein complex in the structural organization and function of brain cell connectivity, as well as in specific cognitive behaviors. The work by a team led by Hideto Takahashi, director of...
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Scientists uncover genetic predisposition to anxiety
September 20, 2024 by Yale University Genetic correlations among anxiety phenotypes assessed in EUR participants. Credit: Nature Genetics (2024). DOI: 10.1038/s41588-024-01908-2Investigators from the Yale Department of Psychiatry investigated the genetic profiles of more than 1 million participants enrolled in multiple cohorts around the world. Leveraging this large dataset, they uncovered more than 100 genes associated...