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system, a key part of the nervous system involved in a remarkable range of cognitive and behavioral functions. The current dominating model is that individual 5-HT neurons are acting independently ...

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Mount Sinai researchers have identified for the first time the neural mechanisms in the brain that regulate both positive and negative impressions of a social encounter, as well as how an imbalance ...