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Anxiety-causing brain circuit identified

US scientists have found a neural circuit that controls anxiety. The mouse study, which uses light-sensitive proteins to control neuronal activity, indicates that anxiety is continuously regulated by balanced opposing pathways within a brain region called the amygdala.

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