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Researchers discover a specific brain circuit damaged by social isolation during childhood
August 31, 2020 by NewsBot
Researchers have identified specific sub-populations of brain cells in the prefrontal cortex, a key part of the brain that regulates social behavior, that are required for normal sociability in adulthood and are profoundly vulnerable to juvenile social isolation in mice.
