posttraumatic stress disorder

The compound, BCI-838, is already in human clinical trials as a possible treatment for depression.

Experiments conducted at the New York University School of Medicine violated several research standards, according to US Food and Drug Administration investigators.

Inhibiting the activity of a protein involved in the body’s stress response can ease chronic pain in mice.

Scientists uncover the neurons in the mouse brain responsible for linking the sight of a looming object to scared behavior.

A pair of one-act chamber operas takes the audience inside the world of imagined sound. 

A compound that targets a particular opioid receptor in the amygdala reduces the formation of PTSD-like systems in mice subjected to severe trauma.

The commonly abused hallucinogen shows promise in extinguishing fear in rats, pointing to possible benefits for patients with post-traumatic stress disorder.

Researchers working in war-torn countries find hints to the molecular roots of posttraumatic stress disorder.

Recent research on the neurological effects of combat might play a role in the defense trial of a US Army soldier who is accused killed 16 Afghan civilians.

Firefighters who worked at the World Trade Center during the terrorist attacks of 9/11 and the event’s aftermath have higher rates of cancer.

A year and a half after soldiers have returned from war, impairments in the regulatory circuitry of the amygdala remain.