A brain circuit-mapping technique has identified a specific circuit in the amygdala where activating metabotropic glutamate receptor 2 (mGluR2) reduces anxiety without side effects. This finding ...

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.

Weill Cornell Medicine investigators have identified in a preclinical model a specific brain circuit whose inhibition appears to reduce anxiety without side effects. Their work suggests a new ...

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 ...

The State Key Laboratory of Brain and Cognitive Sciences at The University of Hong Kong has played a big role in revealing insights about function, to improve brain and psychological health.

MIT researchers have now identified a brain circuit that processes the “when” and “where” components of memory. Credit: Massachusetts Institute of Technology To encode spatial memory ...

Researchers at the Max Planck Institute for Biological Intelligence now identified the circuit in the brain that prevents ...

Nearly 50 years ago, neuroscientists discovered cells within the brain's hippocampus that store ... of the entorhinal-hippocampal episodic memory circuit. It's a foundation to build on to ...

Zuker also points out “the behavior of the mouse is independent of learning, experience, or context,” indicating that the thirst-regulating circuit is hard-wired into the brain. Mingyu Ye, another ...