Researchers have discovered a surprising secondary function for an existing drug. Tandospirone is used to treat anxiety and depression, but now Australian researchers have found that it can “reboot” the brain to reverse some of the negative effects of heavy alcohol consumption.
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A new study has opened up a potential pathway to future anti-anxiety treatments after effectively demonstrating the identification of specific "anxiety cells" in the brains of mice and successfully turning those cells on or off with beams of light.
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A new study is suggesting that increasing symptoms of anxiety could be an early indicator of Alzheimer’s, allowing physicians better targets for early interventions to treat the condition before it causes too much irreversible neurological damage.
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A new study from researchers at the University of British Columbia has revealed that the scent of a person’s partner can tangibly reduce feelings of stress and literally lower levels of the stress hormone cortisol.
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After recently drifting into recreational circles, ketamine is now being re-evaluated among medial researchers for its powerful anti-depressant qualities. A new study has now revealed the drug can be effective in rapidly reducing suicidal thoughts in patients.
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Recurrent unwanted thoughts are a key feature of conditions such as anxiety, post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD), depression and schizophrenia. Now, in a step towards better-treating these disorders, scientists have identified a chemical in the brain that lets most people suppress such thoughts.
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Advances over the last decade have led to a swift rise in research surrounding transcranial magnetic stimulation (TMS) and its therapeutic effects. A new study demonstrates how TMS, in conjunction with a VR experience, can help alleviate anxiety disorders, helping people “unlearn" fears.
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Researchers recently discovered a startling side-effect of the common antibiotic doxycycline - it can disrupt and suppress the formation of fear memories in the brain, pointing toward novel new treatments for disorders such as PTSD.
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Obsessive-compulsive disorder (OCD) can be a debilitating condition. Now researchers in Germany have identified a protein called SPRED2 as the probable cause, the absence of which can cause a key signal pathway in the brain to go into hyperdrive, leading to obsessive compulsive behavior in mice.
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Researchers at the Åbo Akademi University in Finland and the Institutes of Aging in the US have found a molecule that alleviated anxiety, a find that may open an entire new path to treating the condition in humans.
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