Tonically active GABAergic neurons in the dorsal periaqueductal gray control instinctive escape in mice.
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ABSTRACT: Escape behavior is a set of locomotor actions that move an animal away from threat. While these actions can be stereotyped, it is advantageous for survival that they are flexible.1,2,3 For example, escape probability depends on predation risk and competing motivations,4,5,6,7,8,9,10,11 and flight to safety requires continuous adjustments of trajectory and must terminate at the appropriate place and time.12,13,14,15,16 This degree of flexibility suggests that modulatory compone
SUBMITTER: Stempel AV
PROVIDER: S-EPMC7617961 | biostudies-literature | 2024 Jul
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
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