How the brain’s oxytocin system protects early brain development after injury. Brain injury in early life, whether caused by preterm birth or traumatic brain injury (TBI), often ...

Trauma can leave lasting scars on children, impacting their behavior, development, and emotional well-being. Experts say the effects may not always be visible, but they are often deeply rooted.

Child maltreatment, which includes abuse and neglect, is one of the most serious public health concerns worldwide. These adversities leave a lasting impact on the emotional well-being, memory, and ...

In 1966, Romanian dictator Nicolae Ceaușescu introduced extreme policies to increase the country’s birth rate. This led to the widespread abandonment of children, who ended up in orphanages in ...

Children actively meditating experience lower activity in parts of the brain involved in rumination, mind-wandering and depression, our team found in the first brain-imaging study of young people ...

Adolescents have long engaged in high-risk behaviors and poor decisions. Now we know that it's got a lot to do with what's going on in the development of their brains.

A pioneering brain-cooling collar for patients with severe traumatic head injuries will be trialled at Addenbrooke’s Hospital ...

Ikiz is an award-winning neuroscientist, the founder of EcoNeuro, the chair of the International Neuro Climate Working Group at Columbia University, and an adjunct lecturer in the Department of ...

TL;DR• Targeted brain stimulation reduced intrusive traumatic memories in people with PTSD • Treatment was timed to memory ...