A retinoraphe projection regulates serotonergic activity and looming-evoked defensive behaviour

Neural circuits underlying innate fear are only partially understood. Huanget al. identify a subset of retinal ganglion cells that project to both the dorsal raphe nucleus and the superior colliculus, and show that these RGCs mediate looming-evoked defensive behaviours in mice.

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Main Authors: Lu Huang, Tifei Yuan, Minjie Tan, Yue Xi, Yu Hu, Qian Tao, Zhikai Zhao, Jiajun Zheng, Yushui Han, Fuqiang Xu, Minmin Luo, Patricia J. Sollars, Mingliang Pu, Gary E. Pickard, Kwok-Fai So, Chaoran Ren
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Language:EN
Published: Nature Portfolio 2017
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Online Access:https://doaj.org/article/0b6a8e71cab24080b09f19ef66f1dbe5
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