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Anxiety Regulated by Key Signal in Brain Immune Cells | Prior research identified a group of immune cells in the brain help regulate anxiety-like behaviors in mice. Now, a high level of calcium in these immune cells has been linked to anxiety in healthy mice and in models of chronic anxiety


New research in mice identifies calcium as a key chemical signal that acts within the brain's immune cells to trigger anxiety-related behaviors.

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