How the brain processes negative emotions

Elife. 2022 Mar 17:11:e77550. doi: 10.7554/eLife.77550.

Authors

Gaowei Chen^#¹, Zijun Chen^#¹, Yingjie Zhu¹

Affiliation

¹ Institute of Brain Cognition and Brain Disease, Shenzhen Institutes of Advanced Technology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Shenzhen, China.

^# Contributed equally.

Abstract

A new brain circuit that contributes to aversive states, such as fear or anxiety, has been characterized in mice.

Keywords: affective states; anxiety; aversion; mouse; neuroscience; parabrachial nucleus; thalamic paraventricular nucleus.

© 2022, Chen et al.

Publication types

Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't
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MeSH terms

Affect
Animals
Anxiety
Brain*
Emotions*
Fear
Mice