In the new study, Dr. Levitz and his team advanced the understanding of how mGluR2 activators work on the brain with their new toolkit for mapping circuit-specific drug effects.

In a nutshell The brain uses active “circuit breakers” to suppress irrelevant information, rather than passively letting distractions fade away – a fundamental discovery that changes our ...

Researchers identify a brain circuit for creativity Date: February 16, 2025 Source: Brigham and Women's Hospital Summary: Researchers analyzed data from 857 patients across 36 fMRI brain imaging ...

Dubbed the “creativity circuit,” damage to this area due to injury or brain disease resulted in both decreases and increases in creativity. Tatiana Shepeleva – stock.adobe.com ...

In the other circuit, which runs to the BLA from a sensory and interoception (internal body-sensing)-integrating part of the brain called the insula, activating mGluR2 had different anxiety ...

Source Reference: Kutsche J, et al "Mapping neuroimaging findings of creativity and brain disease onto a common brain circuit" JAMA Netw Open 2025; DOI: 10.1001/jamanetworkopen.2024.59297.

Andrew Pines, MD, MA, a resident in the Department of Psychiatry at Brigham and Women's Hospital and a researcher in the Center for Brain Circuit Therapeutics, is the lead author of a paper ...

A new study has identified a common brain circuit for intensity of political involvement across the political spectrum. Researchers from Mass General Brigham assessed data from 124 male military ...

Andrew Pines, MD, MA, a resident in the Department of Psychiatry at Brigham and Women’s Hospital and a researcher in the Center for Brain Circuit Therapeutics, is the lead author of a paper ...

Researchers have identified a novel brain pathway involved with panic-like responses. Neurons in the parabrachial nucleus influence the dorsal raphe nucleus, a key regulator of mood and stress.

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