Nerve-cell ‘highways’ identified in mice suggest that stress pushes the brain towards rigid habit and away from thoughtful ...

While stress is an unfortunate fact of modern life, scientists are still learning how it affects us. Chronic stress, in ...

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Researchers identified two brain areas in mice that helped the animals learn to suppress their instinctive fears of predators ...

After a week of stress, mice show changes in how their brains process sound, reducing how well they perceive loud noises, ...

Stress doesn’t just affect emotions — it changes how we perceive the world. A study found that mice exposed to a week of ...

University of California, Los Angeles researchers have discovered that chronic stress flips brain activity between two amygdala-striatal pathways, disrupting flexible decision-making and promoting ...

After a week of stress, mice show changes in how their brains process sound, reducing how well they perceive loud noises, ...

If you aren’t a good listener when you’re stressed, you aren’t alone. Mice aren’t either.

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Repeated stress disrupts auditory processing, making sounds seem quieter over time, as shown in a new study on mice.