A new brain structure linked to fear is discovered
The lateral habenula, a brain structure little studied so far, could play a key role in the Pavlovian conditioning of fear. This is suggested by a study published this year by Joaquin Piriz, CONICET researcher at the Institute of Physiology, Molecular Biology and Neurosciences (IFIBYNE, CONICET-UBA) and Tomas Schella, CONICET fellow at the...