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Six faculty members are granted tenure in four departments. … Kay Tye dissects the synaptic and cellular mechanisms in emotion and reward processing with the goal of understanding how they [...]

Stimulating dopamine-releasing neurons immediately extinguishes depression in mice. MIT and Stanford University researchers recently pinpointed brain cells that could be new targets for treating [...]

Researchers discover a brain circuit that can instantly dampen—or exacerbate—anxiety in mice. With the flick of a precisely placed light switch, mice can be induced to cower in a corner in fear [...]