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28 October 2020 A brain hovers over a chess board, lines flow from the hypothalamus to the pieces, symbolising control over reactions to an aggressor and territory.

Should I run, or should I not? The neural basis of aggression and flight

Science & Technology Researchers in the Gross group at EMBL Rome have investigated the mechanism behind defensive behaviour in mice. They have identified a specific area of the brain that encodes both spatial and threat cues to drive location-specific defensive responses.

2020

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13 June 2017

Senses: Fathoming fear

Science & Technology EMBL’s Cornelius Gross wants to understand fear responses and the brain circuitry that governs them

2017

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17 October 2016

Opinion: Is your mind playing tricks on you?

Lab MattersPeople & Perspectives We catch up with neuroscientist Craig Stark, speaker at the EMBL/EMBO Science and Society Conference

2016

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18 March 2016

Forgetting to learn

Science & Technology Neural mechanisms in mouse brains indicate that we actively forget as we learn

2016

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10 November 2013

What are you scared of?

Science & Technology What do bullies and sex have in common? Based on work by scientists at the European Molecular Biology Laboratory (EMBL) in Monterotondo, Italy, it seems that the same part of the brain reacts to both. In a study published today in Nature Neuroscience, the researchers found that – at least in…

2013

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