Every year, heart disease claims the lives of more Americans than any other health condition, according to the Centers for ...

New research reveals that stimulating angiotensin type 2 receptor (AT2R) neurons in the central nucleus of the amygdala can ...

Using optogenetics, the researchers turned off cells in the posterior insular cortex ... Garfinkel says that the findings could potentially inform work in anxiety and post-traumatic stress disorder.

Breaking this cycle is key to treating anxiety, but traditional pharmacotherapies are moderately effective and ... then reactivated these cells the next day using optogenetics. By that time, the ...