Ventromedial hypothalamic neurons control a defensive emotion state
Defensive behaviors reflect underlying emotion states, such as fear. The hypothalamus plays a role in such behaviors, but prevailing textbook views depict it as an effector of upstream emotion centers, such as the amygdala, rather than as an emotion center itself. We used optogenetic manipulations t...
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Format: | Article |
Language: | English |
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eLife Sciences Publications Ltd
2015-03-01
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Series: | eLife |
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Online Access: | https://elifesciences.org/articles/06633 |