New Study : Hypermobility and emotions are linked to the brain

MRI Scans were used to explore brains to see how people with and without hypermobility reacted to feelings, like looking at different faces. The scientists found that the people with hypermobility who also feel very anxious had busier brain activity in the amygdala, the part that spots danger.

The other part of the brain that notices feelings inside the body was also busier, the insular.

The more severely symptomatic the individual was the more the brain worked hard in a part of that helps with feelings and body signals. This shows that hypermobility and emotions might be linked in the brain.

Study from neuroscientists and researchers at Brighton and Sussex Medical school led by our Patron, Dr Eccles who said

This understanding opens the door to targeted treatments that could greatly improve quality of life

Read more here : https://www.bsms.ac.uk/about/news/2025/02-05-new-study-links-joint-hypermobility-to-anxiety-through-key-brain-regions.aspx

The study is here : https://www.cambridge.org/core/journals/the-british-journal-of-psychiatry/article/neural-processes-linking-joint-hypermobility-and-anxiety-key-roles-for-the-amygdala-and-insular-cortex/32D1E47DA52705D1213B32C0650A8A7E