One of the key symptoms of major depressive disorder is anhedonia, or the inability to feel pleasure. Anhedonia is particularly difficult to treat with traditional pharmaco- or psychotherapies. One ...

What if the placebo effect isn't a trick, but a real, measurable change in your brain chemistry? That's what neuroscientist ...

Researchers from the University of Georgia found a new drug that may boost the brain's ability to heal itself after injury. The discovery could lead to significant advances in treating traumatic brain ...

What if healing the brain after traumatic injury starts in the gut? We found that antibiotic treatment following TBI can reduce harmful gut bacteria, decrease lesion size and limit cell death. Our ...

The human brain can do many amazing things, but self-repair is not one of its repertoire of abilities. Once neurons die—from trauma, stroke, or disease—they rarely grow back. Scientists have been ...

Not long ago, a stroke or traumatic brain injury meant learning to live with permanent loss. Today, it means something very different: a real chance at regaining movement, speech, memory — and hope.

Some fish oil supplements may disrupt brain healing in people who have experienced repeated mild traumatic brain injuries, a ...

A peculiar trend has taken over social media, especially TikTok, where users claim that playing Tetris can help process trauma. The idea has sparked curiosity among mental health professionals, ...

However, the mechanisms by which mental states might influence the immune or cardiovascular systems are still not well understood. Asya Rolls, a neuroscientist at the Technion – Israel Institute of ...