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UCLA professor and neuroscientist Dr. Alex Korb shares the the habits he avoids to help strengthen his brain and manage his stress.

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A mouse study highlights the role of acetylcholine in behavioral flexibility, offering new insight into the brain mechanisms involved in addiction and obsessive compulsive disorder.

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People may think of survival as an individual act—every animal (and person) for themselves. But a new study from UCLA ...

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