Fear is in the eye of the beholder

ScienceDaily
Jul 13, 2023, 6:21 pm39 pts
Averting our eyes from things that scare us may be due to a specific cluster of neurons in a visual region of the brain, according to new research. Researchers found that in fruit fly brains, these neurons release a chemical called tachykinin which appears to control the fly's movement to avoid facing a…

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