The emergence and influence of internal states

SW Flavell, N Gogolla, M Lovett-Barron, M Zelikowsky - Neuron, 2022‏ - cell.com
Animal behavior is shaped by a variety of" internal states"—partially hidden variables that
profoundly shape perception, cognition, and action. The neural basis of internal states, such …

The central nucleus of the amygdala and the construction of defensive modes across the threat-imminence continuum

JM Moscarello, MA Penzo - Nature Neuroscience, 2022‏ - nature.com
In nature, animals display defensive behaviors that reflect the spatiotemporal distance of
threats. Laboratory-based paradigms that elicit specific defensive responses in rodents have …

Microglia govern the extinction of acute stress-induced anxiety-like behaviors in male mice

D Chen, Q Lou, XJ Song, F Kang, A Liu… - Nature …, 2024‏ - nature.com
Anxiety-associated symptoms following acute stress usually become extinct gradually within
a period of time. However, the mechanisms underlying how individuals cope with stress to …

Brain circuit dysfunction in post-traumatic stress disorder: from mouse to man

RJ Fenster, LAM Lebois, KJ Ressler… - Nature Reviews …, 2018‏ - nature.com
Post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) is a prevalent, debilitating and sometimes deadly
consequence of exposure to severe psychological trauma. Although effective treatments …

Neuronal circuits for fear and anxiety

P Tovote, JP Fadok, A Lüthi - Nature Reviews Neuroscience, 2015‏ - nature.com
Decades of research has identified the brain areas that are involved in fear, fear extinction,
anxiety and related defensive behaviours. Newly developed genetic and viral tools …

Optogenetics: 10 years of microbial opsins in neuroscience

K Deisseroth - Nature neuroscience, 2015‏ - nature.com
Over the past 10 years, the development and convergence of microbial opsin engineering,
modular genetic methods for cell-type targeting and optical strategies for guiding light …

Midbrain circuits for defensive behaviour

P Tovote, MS Esposito, P Botta, F Chaudun, JP Fadok… - Nature, 2016‏ - nature.com
Survival in threatening situations depends on the selection and rapid execution of an
appropriate active or passive defensive response, yet the underlying brain circuitry is not …

From circuits to behaviour in the amygdala

PH Janak, KM Tye - Nature, 2015‏ - nature.com
The amygdala has long been associated with emotion and motivation, playing an essential
part in processing both fearful and rewarding environmental stimuli. How can a single …

Surviving threats: neural circuit and computational implications of a new taxonomy of defensive behaviour

J LeDoux, ND Daw - Nature Reviews Neuroscience, 2018‏ - nature.com
Research on defensive behaviour in mammals has in recent years focused on elicited
reactions; however, organisms also make active choices when responding to danger. We …

Basolateral to central amygdala neural circuits for appetitive behaviors

J Kim, X Zhang, S Muralidhar, SA LeBlanc… - Neuron, 2017‏ - cell.com
Basolateral amygdala (BLA) principal cells are capable of driving and antagonizing
behaviors of opposing valence. BLA neurons project to the central amygdala (CeA), which …