Neuroscientists at the Sainsbury Wellcome Centre (SWC) at University College London have uncovered a neural mechanism in mice ...

Scientists discover a brain pathway that helps suppress fear, offering new hope for anxiety and PTSD treatment.

Scientists have identified brain circuitry that helps overcome fear, offering new insights into anxiety disorders and ...

These advances could thus improve the management of patients suffering from disorders related to excessive and maladaptive fear. To go further: Why does the vLGN influence fear learning? The ventral ...

Researchers studied the mechanisms that learn to suppress instinctive fear responses. The study has implications beyond the ...

Researchers have unveiled the precise brain mechanisms that enable animals to overcome instinctive fears. The study in mice could have implications for developing therapeutics for fear-related ...

Researcher suggest findings could help understand what happens in the brain when fear response regulation is impaired.

The research team is now planning to collaborate with clinical researchers to study these brain circuits in humans, with the hope of someday developing new, targeted treatments for maladaptive fear ...

New research shows how the brain overcomes instinctive fear and has helped scientists get a better understanding of how our brains work.