When your brain goes offline during a stressful time, it might be emotional flooding.

Stressful situations experienced during adolescence tend to cause deeper and more lasting changes to the brain than those ...

Neuronal sequences in the medial prefrontal cortex of the brain encode critical information associated with a procedural rule. These sequences can be explored and leveraged as novel biomarkers for ...

In the postmodern age, the assaults on our prefrontal cortices abound. From the continued influence of violent digital media to environmental neurotoxins to stress and diet, the offenses proliferate.

Many horse owners think the existence of the prefrontal cortex is a major controversy in equine science. It’s not. It’s just an area that’s riddled with misinformation. Curiously, most people—horsey ...

Drinking alcohol results in an alcohol use disorder (AUD) when consumption becomes excessive and dependence develops. Both stress and anxiety can contribute to the development of an AUD. Chronic ...

Cortisol can disrupt the brain’s ability to manage stress, such as provoked by traumatic social media content—and its impact ...

Can you remember a time when you felt stressed leading up to a big life event and then afterwards felt like a weight had been lifted? This process – the ramping up of the stress response and then ...