Monday, March 16, 2020

How associative fear memory is formed in the brain

Using a mouse model, researchers demonstrated the formation of fear memory involves the strengthening of neural pathways between two brain areas: the hippocampus, which responds to a particular context and encodes it, and the amygdala, which triggers defensive behavior, including fear responses.

from Health & Medicine News -- ScienceDaily https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2020/03/200313112137.htm

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