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A key group of cerebral amygdala neurons identified in anxiety and social disorders

A team from the Institute for Neurosciences reveals that restoring the balance between two amygdala regions reverses depression, anxiety, and autism-like behaviors in mice. This finding opens new avenues for treating affective disorders by targeting a specific neural circuit. (Photo: IN CSIC-UMH researchers Álvaro García, Juan Lerma, Ana Valero Paternain, and María Isabel Aller. Source: […]