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ArticleProceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America2026

Asymmetrical modulation of fear expression via GABA

Cihan Önal, Peter Koppensteiner, Mary Muhia, Elodie Le Monnier, Ryuichi Shigemoto

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Article in Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America, 2026. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 1 paper.

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  1. Asymmetrical modulation of fear expression via GABAProceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America · 2026
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5 authors.

Cihan ÖnalInstitute of Science and Technology Austria, Klosterneuburg 3400, Austria.ORCID 0000-0002-2771-2011
Peter KoppensteinerInstitute of Science and Technology Austria, Klosterneuburg 3400, Austria.ORCID 0000-0002-3509-1948
Mary MuhiaInstitute of Science and Technology Austria, Klosterneuburg 3400, Austria.ORCID 0000-0003-3463-512X
Elodie Le MonnierInstitute of Science and Technology Austria, Klosterneuburg 3400, Austria.ORCID 0009-0004-2539-4373
Ryuichi ShigemotoInstitute of Science and Technology Austria, Klosterneuburg 3400, Austria.ORCID 0000-0001-8761-9444

Funding

Austrian Science Fund (FWF) 10.55776/PAT5720324EC | H2020 | PRIORITY 'Excellent science' | H2020 Marie Skłodowska-Curie Actions (MSCA) 665385
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

The medial habenula (MHb) is implicated in regulating emotional responses to aversive events. Studies in zebrafish have identified a remarkable morphological left-right asymmetry in the dorsal habenula (zebrafish equivalent of mammalian MHb)-interpeduncular nucleus (IPN) pathway and its asymmetrical roles in behavior. However, there is little evidence for structural or functional lateralization in the mammalian MHb-IPN pathway. Here, we investigated the synaptic properties of left- and right-MHb afferents to the IPN and their roles in the expression of conditioned fear in mice. We found that each IPN neuron receives inputs from both left and right MHb, but the left MHb-originating synapses exhibit lower release probability and higher γ-aminobutyric acid type B receptor (GABA

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FearHabenulaReceptors, GABA-BAnimalsFunctional LateralityInterpeduncular NucleusMaleMiceMice, Inbred C57BLNeuronsSynapsesReceptors, GABA-Basymmetryfear conditioningGABAB receptormedial habenulamouse

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PMID42673459
PMCPMC13552920

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