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A study in mice suggests serotonin release underlies the drug’s prosocial effects while dopamine mediates the rewarding properties that drive its potential for abuse.

A meta-analysis of more than 80 studies from the past four decades finds weak evidence to support the use of medicinal cannabis to treat anxiety, depression, and other mental health disorders.

Researchers link levels of a receptor in the brain to suicidal ideation in people with post-traumatic stress disorder.

Breslau found that interpersonal traumas, not just combat or natural disasters, can cause post-traumatic stress disorder.

Meet Joey Ramp, a University of Illinois neuroscience student who is fighting to continue her education with her service dog by her side.

Levels of tau, amyloid-β 42, and IL-10 extracted from extracellular vesicles that started out in the brain were higher in military personal suffering head injuries compared with healthy soldiers.

The University of Michigan neuroscientist has developed therapies for patients with PTSD and laboratory models to understand its basis.

Watch profilee Israel Liberzon of the University of Michigan discuss his work trying to piece together the neurological routes of post-traumatic stress disorder.

Chronic stress tweaks a circuit in the brain that influences how lab rodents make tough decisions. 

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

Scientists are beginning to unravel the mechanisms behind the therapeutic effects of psychedelic drugs.

The illicit drug has shown promise in helping people with debilitating post-traumatic stress disorder.

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

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.

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