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Researchers Map Brain Circuits That Signal Immediate Danger and Create Memories to Help Avoid Threats

Publicado em 26 de agosto de 2024
An article published in the journal Current Biology describes experiments that mapped a brain circuit responsible for instantly detecting threats and forming memories of fear. "We were interested in locating a brain region associated with fear signaling and finding out how it could identify environments previously related to physical or predatory threats, such as a place where the individual underwent an aversive physical stimulus," said Newton Sabino Canteras, full professor in [...]