The study, published in Biological Psychiatry: Global Open Science, found the effect occurs in the paraventricular nucleus of ...

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Scientists have identified a tiny brain circuit in the paraventricular nucleus of the thalamus (PVT) that keeps alcohol users ...

The study, published in Biological Psychiatry: Global Open Science, found the effect occurs in the paraventricular nucleus of the thalamus (PVT), a region that regulates stress and emotion.

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