Shared dorsal periaqueductal gray activation patterns during exposure to innate and conditioned threats
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Coordination of escape and spatial navigation circuits orchestrates versatile flight from threats.
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Integration of Optogenetics with Complimentary Methodologies in Systems Neuroscience
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Wiring and Molecular Features of Prefrontal Ensembles Representing Distinct Experiences
Ye L, Allen WE, Thompson KR, Tian Q, Hsueh B, Ramakrishnan C, Wang AC, Jennings JH, Adhikari A, Halpern CH, Witten IB, Barth AL, Luo L, McNab JA, Deisseroth K. Wiring and Molecular Features of Prefrontal Ensembles Representing Distinct Experiences. Cell. 2016;165(7):1776-88 [pdf]
Basomedial Amygdala Mediates Top-Down Control of Anxiety and Fear
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Natural Neural Projection Dynamics Underlying Social Behavior
Gunaydin LA, Grosenick L, Finkelstein JC, Kauvar IV, Fenno LE, Adhikari A, Lammel S, Mirzabekov JJ, Airan RD, Tye KM, Anikeeva P, Malenka RC, Deisseroth K. Natural neural projection dynamics underlying social behavior modulation. Cell. 2014; 157(7):1535-51 [pdf]
Distributed Circuits Underlying Anxiety
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Diverging Neural Pathways Assemble a Behavioral State from Separable Features in Anxiety
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Dopamine Neurons Modulate Neural Encoding and Expression of Depression- Related Behavior
Tye TM, Mirzabekov J, Warden MR, Tsai H, Finkelstein J, Kim SY, Ferenczi E, Adhikari A, Thompson K, Andalman A, Gunaydin LA, Witten IB, Deisseroth K. Dopamine neurons modulate neural encoding and expression of depression-related behavior. Nature. 2013;493(7433):537-41 [pdf]
A Prefrontal Cortex–Brainstem Neuronal Projection that Controls Response to Behavioural Challenge
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Single Units in the Medial Prefrontal Cortex with Anxiety- Related Firing Patterns Are Preferentially Influenced by Ventral Hippocampal Activity
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Synchronized Activity between the Ventral Hippocampus and the Medial Prefrontal Cortex during Anxiety
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