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Endocannabinoids facilitate reward engagement through retrograde gain control


A key role for retrograde neuromodulatory signalling in motivated behaviour is shown through dynamic endocannabinoid release within a thalamostriatal circuit that regulates behavioural engagement during reward seeking.

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In this 1799 letter, Thomas Jefferson said "despotism had overwhelmed the world for thousands & thousands of years" but "science can never be retrograde; what is once acquired of real knowledge can never be lost."