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A UNF student discusses the effects of chronic stress on the brain, with suggestions for personal management and community response.

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Today, my laboratory looks more like a scene from a sci-fi film than a psychology research space. Wires snake across tables, ...

When startled, your brain and body activate the fight-or-flight response, flooding you with stress hormones. This rapid ...

Elizabeth Lucas A UAB assistant professor in the Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Neurobiology has received a $3.5 ...

You may never have known you have a 'vagus nerve', but harnessing its power has become the latest wellness trend.

The study, published in Biological Psychiatry: Global Open Science, found the effect occurs in the paraventricular nucleus of the thalamus (PVT), a region that regulates stress and emotion.

Sugar cravings have many causes, including stress, conditioning, hormones, and poor sleep. Here’s what you need to know to ...

Researchers have developed brain-on-a-chip technology that uses human tissue to model how the brain’s protective barrier breaks down during inflammation and disease.

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