A study in human post-mortem brain tissues demonstrated that the mir-124-1 exhibited significantly higher expression levels in fatal traumatic brain injury cases compared to controls [Bonin et al. DOI:10.3390/ijms241310836]. A study in mice demonstrated that methamphetamine-induced locomotor sensitization involves significant downregulation of the mir-124-1 and other mature miRNAs in the nucleus accumbens, while their precursor levels remain unchanged or elevated, indicating a post-transcriptional regulatory mechanism via reduced Ago2-mediated splicing and increased Dicer1 expression [Liu et al. DOI:10.1111/Adb.12616].