{
  "id": 8274275,
  "title": "When danger sounds, mice draw closer to familiar companions via a newly identified brain circuit",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/18/when-danger-sounds-mice-draw-closer-to-familiar-companions-via-a",
  "topic": "science",
  "section": "Science",
  "published": "2026-09-18T16:20:06.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Medical Xpress",
    "slug": "medical-xpress",
    "url": "https://medicalxpress.com/news/2026-09-danger-mice-closer-familiar-companions.html"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
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  "summary": "When mice heard a sound they thought signaled danger, they moved closer to a familiar companion, according to Virginia Tech researchers. They did not do the same when paired with a mouse they didn't know. The study, led by Alexei Morozov of the Fralin Biomedical Research Institute at VTC and published in Neuropsychopharmacology, begins to reveal how the brain turns a warning signal into a drive…",
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  "coverage": {
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  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}