ArticleNature communications2018
Divergent midbrain circuits orchestrate escape and freezing responses to looming stimuli in mice.
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Abstract
Animals respond to environmental threats, e.g. looming visual stimuli, with innate defensive behaviors such as escape and freezing. The key neural circuits that participate in the generation of such dimorphic defensive behaviors remain unclear. Here we show that the dimorphic behavioral patterns triggered by looming visual stimuli are mediated by parvalbumin-positive (PV
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