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Virginia Tech

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Virginia Tech scientist Sora Shin (right) of the Fralin Biomedical Research Institute at VTC and postdoctoral associate Jane Jung found that early-life trauma changes a brain circuit linked to both aggression and self-harm. 

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Clayton Metz/Virginia Tech

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