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Different coding characteristics between flight and freezing in dorsal periaqueductal gray of mice during exposure to innate threats.

Denghui LiuShouhao LiLiqing RenXinyu LiuXiaoyuan LiZhenlong Wang
Published in: Animal models and experimental medicine (2022)
The dPAG nuclei of mice have different coding features between flight and freezing behaviors; during strong looming stimulation, fast neuro-instinctive decision making is required while encountering weak sweeping stimulation, and computable planning late behavior is predicted in the early stage. The frequency band activities under both defensive behaviors were concentrated in the theta band. There was a high synchronization of neural activity during the defense process, which may be a key factor triggering different defensive behaviors.
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