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          FeaturedNeurosciencePsychology
          ·October 8, 2022·4 min read

          Human Cocaine and Heroin Addiction Is Found Tied to Impairments in Specific Brain Circuit Initially Implicated in Animals

          Greater impairment of the prefrontal cortex-habenula pathway was correlated with earlier age of first drug use.
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          ·August 20, 2021·4 min read

          Smells and Emotions Tug on the Brain’s Habenula

          The habenula relays external information, such as sight and smell, along with internal states associated with emotion and learning to brain regions that govern adaptive behaviors.
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          FeaturedNeurosciencePsychology
          ·April 13, 2020·2 min read

          Discovery of a drug to rescue winter depression-like behavior

          Fish model study found a potential target for the treatment of seasonal affective disorder (SAD). Researchers implicated NRF2 in seasonal depression and reported celastrol may help in the treatment of SAD.
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          ·October 17, 2019·3 min read

          How hunger makes food tastier

          Study identifies the neural circuits that cause hunger-induced increases in the preference for sweet foods and decreased sensitivity to aversive tastes.
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          ·February 14, 2019·3 min read

          Brain Pathways of Aversion Identified

          Researchers have identified a specific pathway between the hypothalamus and habenula that controls feelings of aversion.
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          FeaturedNeuroscience
          ·June 26, 2018·6 min read

          A New Way to Block Alcohol Addiction and Ease Withdrawal Discovered

          Activating a receptor found in neurons in the habenula could help treat alcohol addiction and ease withdrawal symptoms, researchers report.
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          FeaturedNeurosciencePsychology
          ·January 12, 2018·4 min read

          Brain Circuits Controlling Social Behavior Identified

          A new study in Biological Psychiatry implicates the habenula in controlling social behavior. Increasing activity in the habenula leads to social problems, researchers report.
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          Image shows the interpeduncular nucleus of a mouse brain.
          FeaturedNeuroscience
          ·December 28, 2017·5 min read

          Brain Research Points the Way to New Treatments for Nicotine Addiction

          Researchers have identified specific chemical changes in the brain that drive nicotine addiction. The findings could lead to new treatments to help break the addiction.
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          Image shows the location of the habenula in the brain.
          FeaturedPsychology
          ·May 31, 2016·2 min read

          Brain Structure That Tracks Negative Events Backfires in Depression

          In depressed people, the habenula functions abnormally, a new study reports.
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          This image shows the habenula region from a D2-eGFP (green) transgenic mouse stained for calbindin (red) and DAPI (blue) to show nuclei.
          FeaturedNeuroscience
          ·August 21, 2014·3 min read

          Scientists Discover Area of Brain Responsible for Exercise Motivation

          Researchers report the dorsal medial habenula could control a person's motivation to exercise.
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