Mouse neurons that control alcohol-isolation connection (IMAGE)

Salk Institute

Mouse neurons that control alcohol-isolation connection

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Mouse basolateral amygdala (green) neurons projecting to the prefrontal cortex, which Salk Institute scientists discovered is part of a circuit that controls alcohol drinking in response to social isolation.

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