
Legislation Introduced to Spur Treatments for Brain Ailments
If enacted, sponsors say measure could double or triple the number of neurotherapies on the market

Legislation Introduced to Spur Treatments for Brain Ailments
If enacted, sponsors say measure could double or triple the number of neurotherapies on the market

Lawmakers: Terrorists May Tap Same Web 2.0 Tools as Military
A new congressional study indicates that terrorists may be using the same technologies to plan attacks that the U.S. military uses to train troops


The Birth of a Brain Cell: Scientists Witness Neurogenesis
New method allows researchers to pinpoint young nerve cells in the living human brain

Lessons Learned—Or Overlearned: It Makes All the Difference in How the Brain Copes
Study may offer a new therapeutic target for counteracting post-traumatic stress disorder and depression by switching coping methods

Suffering a Slow Recovery
Failed rebuilding after Katrina sets off a mental health crisis in the Gulf

"Continuous Motor" Underlies Long-Term Memory Storage
The constant activity of an enzyme first produced during learning traps memories in our brains

Fuggedaboudit, or Remember—It Just Takes Practice
Conscious memory manipulation could aid in designing both clinical treatments and new drug targets for patients suffering from phobias and post-traumatic stress

Brain Area Foils Fear

Vietnam Veterans Had Higher Death Rate than Other Vets after Discharge

Down Memory Limbo
New research shows that between fear and recall
lies a no-man's-land where long-term memories can vanish

Is our tendency to experience fear and anxiety genetic?