A VTA GABAergic Neural Circuit Mediates Visually Evoked Innate Defensive Responses

Innate defensive responses are essential for animal survival and are conserved across species. The ventral tegmental area (VTA) plays important roles in learned appetitive and aversive behaviors, but whether it plays a role in mediating or modulating innate defensive responses is currently unknown....

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Main Authors: Zhou, Zheng (Author), Liu, Xuemei (Author), Chen, Shanping (Author), Zhang, Zhijian (Author), Liu, Yuanming (Author), Montardy, Quentin (Author), Tang, Yongqiang (Author), Wei, Pengfei (Author), Liu, Nan (Author), Li, Lei (Author), Song, Ru (Author), Lai, Juan (Author), He, Xiaobin (Author), Chen, Chen (Author), Bi, Guoqiang (Author), Feng, Guoping (Author), Xu, Fuqiang (Author), Wang, Liping (Author)
Other Authors: McGovern Institute for Brain Research at MIT (Contributor)
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Language:English
Published: Elsevier BV, 2020-06-08T13:04:55Z.
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