"Happiness hormone" controls fear memories
Scientists find that associative learning of fear is mediated by a novel dopamine circuit
02-Jul-2018 -
A team of neurobiologists, led by scientists at the Research Institute of Molecular Pathology (IMP) in Vienna, has identified a novel neuronal circuit in the midbrain that gates fear learning. They found that the neurotransmitter dopamine, so far merely associated with reward and motivation, ...
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