Fear is often thought of as a negative emotion but is actually a natural protective response to perceived threats or danger.

In an extraordinary leap for neuroscience, a team of Japanese researchers has found a way to selectively erase traumatic memories without inflicting damage to the brain. This pioneering approach has ...

Glial manipulation interferes with the long-term consolidation of fear memories. By artificially manipulating the state of astrocytes, it may become possible to prevent the long-term consolidation of ...

Traumatic Brain Injuries (TBIs) can have significant, lasting effects on an individual's cognitive and physical abilities. TBIs often result in long-term complications that can alter a person's daily ...

The U.S. Social Security Administration has requested the National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine establish an ad hoc committee to conduct a study to review the latest published ...

A traumatic brain injury can be difficult to understand in the first hours after an accident. Some symptoms appear right away. Others develop slowly over days or weeks. A person may walk away from a ...

In the quiet moments between conscious thoughts, our bodies hold stories. These are not the narratives we deliberately recall, but rather the implicit memories etched into our cells—memories that can ...