Corticostriatal control of defense behavior in mice induced by auditory looming cues

Innate defense behaviours in animals in response to approaching threats are mostly studied in response to visual stimuli. Here, the authors show that looming sounds elicit stereotypical sequential defensive reactions that require the auditory cortex, superior colliculus and the striatum.

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Main Authors: Zhong Li, Jin-Xing Wei, Guang-Wei Zhang, Junxiang J. Huang, Brian Zingg, Xiyue Wang, Huizhong W. Tao, Li I. Zhang
Format: article
Language:EN
Published: Nature Portfolio 2021
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Online Access:https://doaj.org/article/5ba177ba8f35458e83a93ea62117f02d
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