{"id":9446,"date":"2018-02-01T10:58:47","date_gmt":"2018-02-01T15:58:47","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/?p=9446"},"modified":"2018-02-01T10:58:47","modified_gmt":"2018-02-01T15:58:47","slug":"researchers-discover-anxiety-cells-in-the-brain","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/?p=9446","title":{"rendered":"Researchers Discover &#8216;Anxiety Cells&#8217; In The Brain"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>(By Jon Hamilton for NPR)<\/p>\n<p>Scientists have found specialized brain cells in mice that appear to control anxiety levels.<\/p>\n<p>The finding, reported Wednesday in the journal\u00a0<em>Neuron,<\/em>could eventually lead to better treatments for\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.nimh.nih.gov\/health\/topics\/anxiety-disorders\/index.shtml\">anxiety disorders<\/a>, which affect nearly 1 in 5 adults in the U.S. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.npr.org\/sections\/health-shots\/2018\/01\/31\/582112597\/researchers-discover-anxiety-cells-in-the-brain?utm_campaign=KHN:%20Daily%20Health%20Policy%20Report&amp;utm_source=hs_email&amp;utm_medium=email&amp;utm_content=60377262&amp;_hsenc=p2ANqtz-_M9xyyIV94DjkM4QOpMEzeHs1P1WAUE8-gv5sIMFOjm_gfVi1HcA-rhJwaGqY40wHjysxaeeWYGqe-VWIfvrQd6yWK3g&amp;_hsmi=60377262\">Continue reading article here&#8230;<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/08\/NPR-logo.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-3902\" src=\"https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/08\/NPR-logo.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"152\" height=\"55\" srcset=\"https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/08\/NPR-logo.png 152w, https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/08\/NPR-logo-150x55.png 150w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 152px) 100vw, 152px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<pre>Notice: The link provided above connects readers to the full content of the posted article. The URL (internet address) for this link is valid on the posted date; medicarereport.org cannot guarantee the duration of the link\u2019s validity. Also, the opinions expressed in these postings are the viewpoints of the original source and are not explicitly endorsed by AMAC, Inc.; the AMAC Foundation, Inc.; or medicarereport.org.<\/pre>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>(By Jon Hamilton for NPR) Scientists have found specialized brain cells in mice that appear to control anxiety levels. The<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[12,14],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-9446","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-health-care-general","category-medical-technology"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9446","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/4"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=9446"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9446\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":9447,"href":"https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9446\/revisions\/9447"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=9446"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=9446"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=9446"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}