A New Circuit for Responses to Threats (IMAGE)

NIH/National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke

A New Circuit for Responses to Threats

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Researchers turned the ventral midline thalamus on and off in mice to study the animals' responses to visual threats. Activated brain cells are shown in green.

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Dr. Andrew Huberman and Lindsey Salay, Stanford University

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