Addiction often isn’t about chasing pleasure—it’s about escaping pain. Researchers at Scripps Research have discovered that a tiny brain region called the paraventricular nucleus of the thalamus (PVT) ...

Bipolar disorder (BD) is a major mental disorder, affecting 1% of the global population. Patients suffering from BD frequently experience manic and depressive episodes, which disrupt interpersonal ...

Bipolar disorder (BD) is a chronic mental health condition characterized by recurrent episodes of depression and mania. It poses a substantial burden on global health, with an increasing incidence.

Researchers have demonstrated how paraventricular thalamic nucleus neurons play a role in bipolar disorder pathology and highlighted their potential as a promising diagnostic and therapeutic target.

Researchers have examined neurodegenerative pathology in the paraventricular thalamus and medial temporal region, including the hippocampus, in patients with bipolar disorder. Bipolar disorder (BD) is ...

The paraventricular thalamus plays a key role in determining which pieces of information and stimuli are important to learn from in specific situations. Research conducted recently at Stanford ...