Hypothalamic perifornical Urocortin-3 neurons modulate defensive responses to a potential threat stimulus
Summary: Defensive behaviors are evolved responses to threat stimuli, and a potential threat elicits risk assessment (RA) behavior. However, neural mechanisms underlying RA behavior are hardly understood. Urocortin-3 (Ucn3) is a member of corticotropin-releasing factor peptide family and here, we re...
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Format: | Article |
Language: | English |
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Elsevier
2021-01-01
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Series: | iScience |
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Online Access: | http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2589004220311056 |