University of Michigan: Brain Circuitry Triggers a Wanting for What Hurts
June 02, 2020
June 02, 2020
ANN ARBOR, Michigan, June 2 -- The University of Michigan issued the following news release:
Stimulating the brain's circuitry related to addiction can create strong desires even for something that hurts.
A new University of Michigan study published in Nature Communications used a laser to excite neurons in the amygdala--a brain region that generates emotional responses--to create intense desires focused on particular targets.
These targets, for differ . . .
Stimulating the brain's circuitry related to addiction can create strong desires even for something that hurts.
A new University of Michigan study published in Nature Communications used a laser to excite neurons in the amygdala--a brain region that generates emotional responses--to create intense desires focused on particular targets.
These targets, for differ . . .