University of Utah Health: Newly Discovered Brain Mechanism Linked to Anxiety, OCD
June 06, 2023
June 06, 2023
SALT LAKE CITY, Utah, June 6 (TNSjou) -- The University of Utah Health issued the following news release:
The pandemic and its aftermath have raised anxiety to new levels. But the roots of anxiety-related conditions, including obsessive-compulsive spectrum disorder (OCSD), are still unclear. In a new study, University of Utah Health scientists discovered insights into the importance of a minor cell type in the brain--microglia--in controlling anxiety-related behaviors in laboratory . . .
The pandemic and its aftermath have raised anxiety to new levels. But the roots of anxiety-related conditions, including obsessive-compulsive spectrum disorder (OCSD), are still unclear. In a new study, University of Utah Health scientists discovered insights into the importance of a minor cell type in the brain--microglia--in controlling anxiety-related behaviors in laboratory . . .