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Stories about: brain circuits

Neural Circuitry for Fear Exposed in New Light A team of experts is currently working on shedding new light on the way the amygdala responds to fear, producing the famous fight-or-flight response in humans.People involved in this line of research are basically studying ways of modifying the way people respond to fear, which may lead to the creation of soldiers th... 8 September 2010 10:01 GMT How the Brain Controls Its Own Circuit Design A neuroscientist at the Johns Hopkins University (JHU) has recently managed to figure out the mechanisms that the mammalian brain employs in designing its own circuits. It's a well-known fact that neural pathways are among the most complex constructs in nature, and the new investigation sheds some light on how t... 29 December 2009 20:01 GMT