Your brain shields you from stress in hidden ways, but these defenses can take a toll over time. Learn to recognize them and regain balance.

However, more activity may occur in a brain region called the deep limbic system, which relates to mood. This may cause symptoms similar to those of depression. As such, Dr Amen proposes that ...

But it's not so great for your brain since it pits two of your brain's heavy hitters, your limbic system, and your prefrontal cortex into a literal head-to-head match. Following is a transcript of ...

Dr. Daniel Amen, author of "Change Your Brain, Change Your Life," is a clinical neuroscientist and child and adolescent psychiatrist. He is the director of The Amen Clinic for Behavioral Medicine and ...

R esearchers at Mayo Clinic have established new criteria for a memory-loss syndrome in older adults that specifically ...

The function of various parts of the limbic system is to regulate impulsivity and response to emotions, such as fear and desire. Visualising neurotransmitters and their receptors gives a unique ...

Your brain isn’t stagnant ... more than a million new neural connections are formed every second. The limbic system, which controls emotions and reward-seeking, is highly active during these ...

Next is your limbic area or mammalian brain, which helps to detect emotional ... detectors–tossing off warnings to your whole system: threats are everywhere—along with shrinkage of your ...