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eLife· 2015Q1

Ventromedial hypothalamic neurons control a defensive emotion state

Prabhat S. Kunwar, Moriel Zelikowsky, Ryan Remedios, Haijiang Cai et al.

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Specific ventromedial hypothalamic neurons are sufficient to drive innate defensive actions and are required for defensive behaviors across contexts, demonstrating the hypothalamus's integral role in instantiating emotion states, not just executing commands.

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Field: Cellular and Molecular Neuroscience

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