Monday, June 23, 2014

Investigators Tie Social Behavior to Activity in Specific Brain Circuit

Stanford University investigators has linked a particular brain circuit to mammals' tendency to interact socially. Stimulating this circuit - one among millions in the brain - instantly increases a mouse's appetite for getting to know a strange mouse, while inhibiting it shuts down its drive to socialize with the stranger. The new findings, to be published June 19 in emCell/em, may throw light on psychiatric disorders marked by impaired social interaction ...

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