Nature Communications (Jan 2020)

Control of locomotor speed, arousal, and hippocampal theta rhythms by the nucleus incertus

  • Lihui Lu,
  • Yuqi Ren,
  • Tao Yu,
  • Zhixiang Liu,
  • Sice Wang,
  • Lubin Tan,
  • Jiawei Zeng,
  • Qiru Feng,
  • Rui Lin,
  • Yang Liu,
  • Qingchun Guo,
  • Minmin Luo

DOI
https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-019-14116-y
Journal volume & issue
Vol. 11, no. 1
pp. 1 – 16

Abstract

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In addition to activation of locomotor circuits, navigation also requires regulation of arousal and spatial memory processes. Here the authors identify neuromedin B neurons in the nucleus incertus and their subcortical projections in controlling these various processes during navigation.