What Goes on in the Brain When a Good Buzz Gets Harshed
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Northwestern University neuroscientists using a synthetic cannabinoid 40 times stronger than THC traced anxiety in mice to a small bundle of somatostatin neurons in the central amygdala that become hyperactive under stress; silencing these neurons stopped the anxious behavior.
Study used mice and a synthetic cannabinoid; effects in humans remain to be determined.
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