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Researchers have uncovered a new role for a distinct inhibitory cell cluster in the amygdala, acting to dynamically modulate synaptic connections during fear learning.

Absentee property ownership in many small college football towns has a negative impact on permanent residents of those communities, according to a new study. The research is the first known attempt to quantify and map local geographies of gameday home investments.

A recent study offers insight into how adults can navigate the often awkward experience of moving back in with their parents.

One of the first studies to examine telomere length (TL) in childhood finds that the initial setting of TL during prenatal development and in the first years of life may determine one's TL throughout childhood and potentially even into adulthood or older age. The study also finds that TL decreases most rapidly from birth to age 3, followed by a period of maintenance into the pre-puberty period, although it was sometimes seen to lengthen.

Regular consumption of milk is not associated with increased levels of cholesterol, according to new research of nearly 2 million people.

Feeling anxious can direct our attention and memory toward supernatural beings such as gods, a new study has found.

A new study shows that exposure to a stressful political election is strongly associated with an increase in potentially life-threatening cardiac events.

Early preterm births may be dramatically decreased with docosahexaenoic acid (DHA) supplements, with a dose of 1000 mg more effective for pregnant women with low DHA levels than the 200 mg found in some prenatal supplements.