Amy Knight, Ph.D., associate professor in the University of Alabama at Birmingham Department of Neurology, discusses why and how chronic stress can affect one’s brain and overall health. What is ...

When people talk about stress, they often think of visible signs such as burnout, emotional outbursts, and physical collapse, ...

Don’t worry — unlike teeth flossing, brain flossing doesn’t involve making ... can promote cognitive health by minimizing chronic stress, which is an established risk factor for cognitive ...

In this series of conversations, Dr. Bruce Perry explores the impact of stress and trauma on the brain, and the resulting effect on learning. His teachings have helped schools significantly ...

Boosting the recycling process known as autophagy — impaired in the brain during prolonged stress — has the potential to restore normal neuronal activity and treat depression. A complete ...

Scientists have uncovered an incredible mechanism where brain cells bypass a major defect in stress regulation, providing a ray of hope for those with Vanishing White Matter Disease. Could this be ...

Memories are stored in a region of the brain called the hippocampus ... use to reduce the suffering of people with post-traumatic stress disorder, who are plagued by recurring memories of events ...