Stress and the City. A new international study shows that two distinct brain regions that regulate emotion and stress are affected by city living. Being born and raised in a major urban area is associated with greater lifetime risk for anxiety and mood disorders. (Nature, 2011; 474(7352):498) Read more.
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Sleep deprivation boosts anticipatory anxiety. UC Berkeley researchers have found that a lack of sleep, which is common in anxiety disorders, may play a key role in ramping up the brain regions that contribute to excessive worrying. Sleep deprivation can drive up anticipatory anxiety in even healthy adults, new study shows (iStockphoto) Neuroscientists have found that sleep deprivation amplifies anticipatory anxiety by firing up the brainâs amygdala and insular cortex, regions associated with emotional processing. The resulting pattern mimics the abnormal neural activity seen in anxiety disorders.