Penn Medicine researchers have discovered that psilocybin, a natural compound found in some psychedelic mushrooms, can relieve depression and chronic pain with a single dose.

A traditionally overlooked type of RNA plays an important role in promoting resilience to depression-but only in females. According to a new study led by the Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai, ...

Scientists have discovered a way to induce a hibernation-like state that protects the brain after injury—without using ...

A new study reveals magic mushrooms' active compound, psilocybin, may ease chronic pain and depression. Experiments in mice showed a single dose allev ...

Hormones play a vital part in keeping our bodies working properly. But they can also have a powerful – and sometimes negative ...

New Delhi | Damage to the 'medial' region of the prefrontal cortex -- the brain region that helps with planning and achieving goals -- could make one more impulsive and likely to be influenced by ...

Reading Dr. Mark Rego’s provocative, intense “Frontal Fatigue: The Impact of Modern Life and Technology on Mental Illness,” I found myself thinking of David Foster Wallace’s “This Is Water.” In it, ...

Post-traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD) isn’t caused by just one faulty switch in the brain; it’s more like a tangled orchestra of genes and cells thrown off-key by trauma. With many genetic players ...

Researchers report that viewing, feeling, and touching real dogs leads to increasingly higher levels of activity in the prefrontal cortex of the brain. The study shows that this effect persists after ...