Sentences with phrase «emotional memory circuits»

For more than 10 years, neuroscientists have known that our brains» emotional memory circuits are linked to the neurotransmitter norepinephrine.

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Dynamics of neuronal circuits in addiction: reward, antireward, and emotional memory.

Describing the brain as a big circuit board in which each new experience creates a new circuit, Hopkins neuroscience professor Richard Huganir, Ph.D. says that he and his team found that during emotional peaks, the hormone norepinephrine dramatically sensitizes synapses - the site where nerve cells make an electro - chemical connection - to enhance the sculpting of a memory into the big board.