Researchers identified the mechanism mice use to overcome instinctive fear, saying it may help research for people with ...

Researchers at the Sainsbury Wellcome Centre (SWC) at UCL have unveiled the precise brain mechanisms that enable animals to ...

Researchers have identified brain mechanisms that help animals suppress instinctive fear responses when threats prove harmless over time.

Scientists have uncovered a crucial pathway that links brain cell activity to the activation of genes responsible for ...

The choice to try a drug is a decision that that is centered in the executive portion of the brain, the prefrontal cortex. Once consumed, the drug delivers a powerful stimulus to the nucleus ...

Two brain regions work together when mice learn to override the instinct to run and hide from a potential threat.

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 ...