An analysis of the Adolescent Brain Cognitive Development study data showed that children accepted by their parents and more resilient to trauma tend to have an accelerated pace of cortical thinning, ...

A recent study published in Biological Psychiatry provides evidence that experiencing abuse or neglect during childhood is ...

Virginia Tech scientist Sora Shin (right) of the Fralin Biomedical Research Institute at VTC and postdoctoral associate Jane Jung found that early-life trauma changes a brain circuit linked to both ...

What began as a child's encounter with trauma has grown into a research programme committed to understanding recovery.

Sora Shin, a Virginia Tech assistant professor with the Fralin Biomedical Research Institute, will study how brain circuits contribute to aggressive behavior with a $3.2 million grant from the ...

Fear can be adaptive, as noticing and avoiding potential dangers in the environment has obvious survival benefits. Yet, for some people, excessive fear and hypervigilance for threats can interfere ...

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Scientists have created a super-map of the brain containing 30 million cells to trace the prenatal origins of diseases.