Feb 26, 2024
Unlocking the Brain’s Fear Circuitry: A Pathway to Survival Responses
Posted by Dan Breeden in category: neuroscience
Source: Northwestern University.
Scientists have discovered a new neural pathway involved in how the brain encodes the transition to high-intensity fear response behaviors that are necessary for survival, according to a recent study published in Nature.
Jones Parker, Ph.D., assistant professor of Neuroscience, of Pharmacology and of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences, was a co-author of the study.