Evidence of a role for the lateral hypothalamic area juxtadorsomedial region (LHAjd) in defensive behaviors associated with social defeat.

Our understanding of the extrinsic connections of the lateral hypothalamic area (LHA) has deepened in recent years. In particular, a series of studies using neural pathway-tracing methods to investigate the macroconnections of histologically differentiated LHA regions, have revealed that the neural...

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Main Authors: Miguel J Rangel, Marcus V C Baldo, Newton Sabino Canteras, Joel D Hahn
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Frontiers Media S.A. 2016-11-01
Series:Frontiers in Systems Neuroscience
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Online Access:http://journal.frontiersin.org/Journal/10.3389/fnsys.2016.00092/full