India, Feb. 7 -- Anxiety and PTSD are challenging mental disorders that can hamper day-to-day functioning. Scientific communities are continuously looking for treatments to manage these conditions. A discovery shows new hope for fear-related disorders' treatments as a study delved into how brain processes fear and overcomes it. The answer lies in the brain's mechanism itself.

The study published in the journal Science explored how the brain learns to overcome fears, a region which works like a switch that helps override them. This discovery could pave the way for treating anxiety and fear-related problems like PTSD.

Fear is innate and is important, a fundamental survival instinct, alerting the threats to stay safe. But with experience, ...