Picture a star-shaped cell in the brain, stretching its spindly arms out to cradle the neurons around it. That's an astrocyte ...

Risk factor Our brain's reaction to pictures of angry or fearful faces could help predict our risk of developing depression or anxiety in response to stressful life events, a new study suggests.

The amygdala, an almond-shaped brain structure that plays an important role in evaluating the emotional significance of daily events, malfunctions in children with severe symptoms of either anxiety or ...

Brains of outgoing people react more positively to happy faces than those of shy individuals, study shows It doesn't matter whether people are shy or outgoing, their brains react the same way to ...