The R-complex:  Basal Ganglia and Thalamus When you have finished this Tour, you will have a simple understanding […]

Five mini-chapters on the brain chemistry of mania and depression (updated 12/2014) At this point, treatment of bipolar […]

Sorry the picture’s a little blurry, but it’s surprisingly old. This is the work of Duman et al, […]

The anatomy of fear When you are afraid, you are likely to have: worried thoughts; and physical sensations […]

Mood is probably influenced by several parts of the brain, but we know a few areas that appear […]

Imagine your friend Cindy stands in front of you looking to her right, so that you can look […]

Emotion and memory are very closely related. You know this from your experience. Go to a party, meet […]

Hormone control is a complex process, but some simple parts of the process are understood. The “command center” […]

Where are mental health problems located? Think about it: if you had pain in your toes, you’d be […]

MRI is a fantastic tool. It’s a kind of like an x-ray, without the radiation of the x-ray.The […]

PET stands for Positron Emission Tomography PET stands for Positron Emission Tomography. A tomograph is a “slice”. You’ve […]

You may have thought all you had was one, but inside there are two more brains. Actually, you […]

This is a rough picture of how memories for particular names are distributed in the left temporal lobe […]

These drawings are the work of Dr. Frank Netter, of course, for those of you who saw his […]

This is a very important area, which cannot be spoken of properly in a brief little essay. I’ll […]

The current working model is some sort of a defect in a circuit that involves the frontal cortex […]