Nature Communications (Mar 2017)
A retinoraphe projection regulates serotonergic activity and looming-evoked defensive behaviour
- Lu Huang,
- Tifei Yuan,
- Minjie Tan,
- Yue Xi,
- Yu Hu,
- Qian Tao,
- Zhikai Zhao,
- Jiajun Zheng,
- Yushui Han,
- Fuqiang Xu,
- Minmin Luo,
- Patricia J. Sollars,
- Mingliang Pu,
- Gary E. Pickard,
- Kwok-Fai So,
- Chaoran Ren
Affiliations
- Lu Huang
- Guangdong-Hongkong-Macau Institute of CNS Regeneration, Ministry of Education CNS Regeneration Collaborative Joint Laboratory, Jinan University
- Tifei Yuan
- School of Psychology, Nanjing Normal University
- Minjie Tan
- Guangdong-Hongkong-Macau Institute of CNS Regeneration, Ministry of Education CNS Regeneration Collaborative Joint Laboratory, Jinan University
- Yue Xi
- Guangdong-Hongkong-Macau Institute of CNS Regeneration, Ministry of Education CNS Regeneration Collaborative Joint Laboratory, Jinan University
- Yu Hu
- Guangdong-Hongkong-Macau Institute of CNS Regeneration, Ministry of Education CNS Regeneration Collaborative Joint Laboratory, Jinan University
- Qian Tao
- Psychology Department, School of Medicine, Jinan University
- Zhikai Zhao
- Guangdong-Hongkong-Macau Institute of CNS Regeneration, Ministry of Education CNS Regeneration Collaborative Joint Laboratory, Jinan University
- Jiajun Zheng
- Guangdong-Hongkong-Macau Institute of CNS Regeneration, Ministry of Education CNS Regeneration Collaborative Joint Laboratory, Jinan University
- Yushui Han
- Guangdong-Hongkong-Macau Institute of CNS Regeneration, Ministry of Education CNS Regeneration Collaborative Joint Laboratory, Jinan University
- Fuqiang Xu
- State Key Laboratory of Magnetic Resonance and Atomic and Molecular Physics, Wuhan Institute of Physics and Mathematics, Chinese Academy of Sciences
- Minmin Luo
- National Institute of Biological Sciences, Zhongguancun Life Science
- Patricia J. Sollars
- School of Veterinary Medicine and Biomedical Sciences, University of Nebraska
- Mingliang Pu
- Department of Anatomy, School of Basic Medical Sciences, Peking University
- Gary E. Pickard
- School of Veterinary Medicine and Biomedical Sciences, University of Nebraska
- Kwok-Fai So
- Guangdong-Hongkong-Macau Institute of CNS Regeneration, Ministry of Education CNS Regeneration Collaborative Joint Laboratory, Jinan University
- Chaoran Ren
- Guangdong-Hongkong-Macau Institute of CNS Regeneration, Ministry of Education CNS Regeneration Collaborative Joint Laboratory, Jinan University
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.1038/ncomms14908
- Journal volume & issue
-
Vol. 8,
no. 1
pp. 1 – 13
Abstract
Neural circuits underlying innate fear are only partially understood. Huanget al. identify a subset of retinal ganglion cells that project to both the dorsal raphe nucleus and the superior colliculus, and show that these RGCs mediate looming-evoked defensive behaviours in mice.
