Scientists discover that brain region acts like an "anxiety meter," scaling activity to match threat level
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New research shows the ventral hippocampus scales its activity according to anxiety levels. Like an "anxiety meter," this brain region's neurons become more active as anxiety increases.
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Original Title: Scientists discover that brain region acts like an “anxiety meter,” scaling activity to match threat level | Research shows that as the mice encountered increasingly anxiety-provoking situations, the activity of neurons in their ventral hippocampus rose accordingly.