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 Neuroscientists identify brain circuit that drives pleasure-inducing behavior
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By Azeddine Tahiri
In In The News, Press Releases
Posted March 22, 2017

Neuroscientists identify brain circuit that drives pleasure-inducing behavior

Scientists have long believed that the central amygdala is linked with fear and responses to unpleasant events. However, a team of MIT neuroscientists has now discovered a circuit in the central [...]

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 Neuroscientists identify two neuron populations that encode happy or fearful memories
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By Azeddine Tahiri
In In The News, Press Releases
Posted October 18, 2016

Neuroscientists identify two neuron populations that encode happy or fearful memories

Our emotional state is governed partly by a tiny brain structure known as the amygdala, which is responsible for processing positive emotions such as happiness, and negative ones such as fear and [...]

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 Recalling happier memories can reverse depression
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By Azeddine Tahiri
In In The News
Posted June 17, 2015

Recalling happier memories can reverse depression

Artificially reactivating positive memories could offer an alternative to traditional antidepressants. MIT neuroscientists have shown that they can cure the symptoms of depression in mice by [...]

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 Researchers find “lost” memories
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By Azeddine Tahiri
In Press Releases
Posted June 4, 2015

Researchers find “lost” memories

Memories that have been “lost” as a result of amnesia can be recalled by activating brain cells with light. In a paper published today in the journal Science, researchers at MIT reveal that they [...]

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 Neuroscientists Reverse Memories’ Emotional Associations
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By Azeddine Tahiri
In Press Releases
Posted September 2, 2014

Neuroscientists Reverse Memories’ Emotional Associations

Most memories have some kind of emotional association: Recalling the week you just spent at the beach probably makes you feel happy, while reflecting on being bullied provokes more negative [...]

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 How Mice Think
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By Azeddine Tahiri
In Press Releases
Posted April 25, 2014

How Mice Think

MIT research sheds light on retrieving correct memories and how animals “think” when they self-correct their on-going behaviors. Mice running mazes sometimes go left when they should go right. [...]

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By Azeddine Tahiri
In In The News
Posted October 16, 2009

Tonegawa rethinks Japan’s premier brain research center

WAKO, JAPAN—Susumu Tonegawa, 70, has never shied away from challenges. He left Japan to earn a Ph.D. in molecular biology from the University of California, San Diego. After a postdoc at the Salk [...]

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