Transcutaneous vagus nerve stimulation was associated with reduced anxiety severity but showed no significant benefit for working memory or inhibitory control in healthy adults.

A new study published in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences provides evidence that people with depression ...

There might be such a thing as getting too much of a good night's sleep. Sleeping nine hours or more per night is associated with worse cognitive performance, which is even more the case for those ...

A proof-of-concept study suggests the 5-HT4 receptor agonist prucalopride, which is approved for chronic constipation, ...

The concept of cancer survivors was first proposed by Fitzhugh Mullan, a physician diagnosed with cancer 1. According to the National Coalition for Cancer Survivorship, “an individual is considered to ...

This precision medicine trial shows that guanfacine, a selective α 2A adrenoreceptor agonist, restores the function of the cognitive control circuit in patients with the cognitive biotype of ...

When seniors seem like they're "losing it," depression, not dementia, may be at play. Listening to and empathizing with ...

Depression and anxiety are both common mental health conditions—and for some of us, they exist together. In fact, some studies have suggested that between 20- 40% of those with ...

Karolinska Institutet has discovered that an already registered antidepressant, duloxetine, may also have positive effects on memory and cognitive functions in the elderly. "Both depression and ...

Blood tests measuring the aging of certain white blood cells can predict cognitive and mood-related symptoms of depression, rather than physical symptoms. The findings, published in The Journals of ...

Depression is one of the most common mental health conditions, affecting roughly 280 million people around the world, according to the World Health Organization (WHO). When someone has clinical ...