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NEW YORK, Feb. 18, 2025 /PRNewswire/ -- A newly identified part of a brain circuit mixes sensory information, memories, and emotions to tell whether things are familiar or new, and important or ...

The study also shows that this brain circuit connects with other key centers involved in emotional regulation and reward processing. During withdrawal, these connections become stronger ...

The newly uncovered connection suggests a potential brain circuit that could be targeted neurostimulation therapies to treat substance use disorders.

Her team found that without mGluR1, neural connections stick around too long in the brain region that controls and processes touch via the whiskers. When the sensory circuit fails to mature ...

Brain imaging shows activity in the anterior cingulate cortex, a pain-processing region shown above in yellow, when a patient responds to a placebo for pain relief, but the true mechanism for the ...