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ArticleNature2025

The neural basis of species-specific defensive behaviour in Peromyscus mice.

Felix Baier, Katja Reinhard, Bram Nuttin, Arnau Sans-Dublanc, Chen Liu, Victoria Tong, Julie S Murmann, Keimpe Wierda, Karl Farrow, Hopi E Hoekstra

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Article in Nature, 2025. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 13 papers.

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3 · Its place in the literature

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13 citing papers in PubMed.

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  11. Ambient Light Impacts Innate Behaviors of New-World and Old-World Mice.bioRxiv : the preprint server for biology · 2025
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  13. Natural visual behavior and active sensing in the mouse.Current opinion in neurobiology · 2024
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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

10 authors.

Felix Baier *Department of Molecular and Cellular Biology, Harvard University, Cambridge, MA, USA. felixsbaier@gmail.com.ORCID 0000-0003-4056-1729
Katja Reinhard *Neuro-Electronics Research Flanders, Leuven, Belgium.ORCID 0000-0002-8719-7445
Bram NuttinNeuro-Electronics Research Flanders, Leuven, Belgium.ORCID 0000-0003-0999-2678
Arnau Sans-DublancNeuro-Electronics Research Flanders, Leuven, Belgium.
Chen LiuNeuro-Electronics Research Flanders, Leuven, Belgium.
Victoria TongDepartment of Molecular and Cellular Biology, Harvard University, Cambridge, MA, USA.ORCID 0000-0002-7555-7917
Julie S MurmannNeuro-Electronics Research Flanders, Leuven, Belgium.ORCID 0009-0009-9107-0381
Keimpe WierdaElectrophysiology Unit, VIB-KU Leuven Center for Brain and Disease Research, CBD Technologies, Leuven, Belgium.
Karl FarrowNeuro-Electronics Research Flanders, Leuven, Belgium. karl.farrow@kuleuven.be.ORCID 0000-0003-1409-096X
Hopi E HoekstraDepartment of Molecular and Cellular Biology, Harvard University, Cambridge, MA, USA. hoekstra@oeb.harvard.edu.ORCID 0000-0003-1431-1769

Funding

Experience-Dependent Plasticity in Superior Colliculus and Natural Visual BehaviorR01EY032101 · NEI · UNIVERSITY OF NEVADA RENO · PI HOY, JENNIFER LYN · 2021 to 2025
$2.0M
NEI NIH HHS R01 EY032101
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Evading imminent threat from predators is critical for animal survival. Effective defensive strategies can vary, even between closely related species. However, the neural basis of such species-specific behaviours remains poorly understood

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Escape ReactionPeromyscusAcoustic StimulationAnimalsFemaleMaleNeuronsOptogeneticsPeriaqueductal GrayPhotic StimulationSpecies SpecificitySuperior Colliculi

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PMID40702175
PMCPMC12422964

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