A single neural thread in the brain may explain why some people who are hurt lash out while others turn the pain inward. A new study published in Science Advances reveals that early-life trauma can ...

A new study reveals that aggression and self-harm share a biological foundation in the brain’s response to early-life trauma.

Everyone has different trauma responses. While some people would grow up more timid and less responsive, because of their childhood experiences, others can show more aggressive tendencies. But why ...

Aggression and self-harm often co-occur in individuals with a history of early-life trauma—a connection that has largely been ...

Child maltreatment, which includes abuse and neglect, is one of the most serious public health concerns worldwide. These adversities leave a lasting impact on the emotional well-being, memory, and ...

Experts say traumatic events, including Wednesday’s deadly school shooting in Minneapolis, can rewire a child’s developing brain even if they’re not directly impacted by it. The way we parent can help ...

Mass General Brigham researchers compared data from more than 75,000 adults with TBI to a control group of the same size. They studied the patients over 24 years and observed how many developed brain ...

That inexplicable anxiety you feel in crowded places? The way your body tenses up when you hear raised voices? The persistent feeling that something bad is about to happen even when life is going well ...

The team found that neurons from individuals with postmortem CTE diagnoses had specific abnormal patterns of somatic genome ...

In December of 1993, former World Boxing Champion John Famechon (who had sustained severe incapacitating brain injuries in August 1991) began a new, complex multi-movement therapy and rehabilitation ...

Scientists at the Fralin Biomedical Research Institute at VTC found that early-life trauma changes a brain circuit linked to ...