Schizophrenia has puzzled researchers for years, with imaging of large brain networks and cellular data seemingly pointing to different culprits in the origins of the devastating neurodevelopmental disease. Alan Anticevic and Yale colleagues Gen Yang and...
The decision to be generous or not arises from a specific process in the amygdala, a tiny structure deep in the brain long associated with emotions such as fear, according to a new study conducted by researchers at Yale and Duke universities.(Photo...
Congenital heart disease (CHD) is the most common of all birth defects; severe forms used to be fatal, but can now can be surgically corrected in most newborns. However, while many children go on to lead healthy lives, a significant number develop...
As those who suffer from anxiety disorders and post-traumatic stress disorder can attest, recovering from pervasive fear memories can be difficult or impossible to do. Yale researchers, however, have shown how disabling a single molecule can help animals...
Gastrointestinal surgeries for obesity may be effective because they reduce appetite by acting upon the brain’s reward center and reducing cravings for sugar, Yale researchers have found.The surgery for morbid obesity reduces the release of...