A new study of a brain region called the rostro-medial prefrontal could potentially advance diagnosis and therapies for Borderline Personality Disorder (BPD). Entitled “Rejection Distress Suppresses ...

The study appears in Biological Psychiatry: Cognitive Neuroscience and Neuroimaging, published by Elsevier. Researchers have long understood that PTSD involves altered brain processing in areas ...

Researchers have identified a promising new strategy for treating alcohol use disorder (AUD). A novel study found that the dopamine-boosting drug tolcapone increases activity in the prefrontal cortex ...

Bringing research from the lab to the home, from a controlled environment to real life. A way to understand human interaction. With the continuous evolution of technology, its potential grows, driving ...

The largest neuroimaging study of conduct disorder to date has revealed extensive changes in brain structure among young people with the disorder. The largest difference was a smaller area of the ...

Researchers have identified a promising new strategy for treating alcohol use disorder (AUD). A novel study found that the dopamine-boosting drug tolcapone increases activity in the prefrontal cortex ...

Scientists do not have a complete understanding of what happens in the brain when we experience drug-induced euphoria. Most probably, it is similar to, or at least overlapping with, what happens when ...

Currently, the treatments for alcohol use disorder (AUD) work in one of two ways, explains Joseph Schacht, PhD, associate professor of psychiatry at the University of Colorado Anschutz School of ...