Researchers found that people with anxiety disorders consistently show lower choline levels in key brain regions that regulate thinking and emotions. This biochemical difference may help explain why ...

Children entering puberty may be experiencing more anxiety than their parents realize, according to a new study. As children enter puberty, hormonal changes reshape how their brains work. These ...

Let’s call the sources of anxiety for our children, teens, and young adults the “perceived lion.” The goal is not to ...

Investigators have identified in a preclinical model a specific brain circuit whose inhibition appears to reduce anxiety without side effects. Their work suggests a new target for treating anxiety ...

A new study, published in JAMA Network Open, reveals that school-age children and adolescents with medically diagnosed traumatic brain injury (TBI) have significantly higher rates of ...

For many children, the transition from learning to read to reading to learn is a crucial and sometimes nervewracking milestone. Reading aloud in class is intended to foster fluency and confidence, but ...

Researchers had previously discovered a population of immune cells within the brain that can act as accelerators and brakes for anxiety in mice. Now, new research from the lab of Mario Capecchi, Ph.D.

More than 30 percent of US adults will develop an anxiety disorder at some point in their lives, and roughly half of those who seek treatment for the most common form — generalized anxiety disorder — ...