Weill Cornell Medicine researchers have identified a brain circuit linked to anxiety that may provide a new drug target, ...

Researchers at Weill Cornell Medicine have made promising advances in understanding how to reduce anxiety through specific ...

How many times were you told not to scratch an itchy rash when you were a kid because you’d only make it worse? Well, it ...

Scratching an itchy rash really does make it worse. Now we know why, thanks to new research that uncovers how scratching aggravates inflammation and swelling in a mouse model of a type of eczema ...

Constantly scratching and picking at an itchy rash really does make it worse. But why? According to newly released research ...

New research published in the journal Science uncovers how scratching aggravates inflammation and swelling in a mouse model ...

How are mirror neurons activated? Created with Sketch ... have found that people with schizophrenia have reduced mirror neuron activity, though results are preliminary and research is ongoing.

Dopamine neuron responses reflected the changes in reward prediction during individual learning episodes; dopamine neurons were activated by rewards during early trials, when errors were frequent ...

Scratching where it itches reduces the presence of potentially harmful bacteria on the skin, studies in mice show.

Weill Cornell Medicine investigators have identified in a preclinical model a specific brain circuit whose inhibition appears to reduce anxiety without side effects.

Landmark brain discovery: this discovery could pave the way for new treatments for #anxiety, #depression, and even #addiction ...