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The neural basis of species-specific defensive behaviour in <i>Peromyscus</i> mice

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2025-JUL 23
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https://doi.org/10.1038/s41586-025-09241-2
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dc.contributor.authorBaier, Felix
dc.contributor.authorReinhard, Katja
dc.contributor.authorNuttin, Bram
dc.contributor.authorSans-Dublanc, Arnau
dc.contributor.authorLiu, Chen
dc.contributor.authorTong, Victoria
dc.contributor.authorMurmann, Julie S.
dc.contributor.authorWierda, Keimpe
dc.contributor.authorFarrow, Karl
dc.contributor.authorHoekstra, Hopi E.
dc.contributor.imecauthorFarrow, Karl
dc.date.accessioned2025-08-01T04:36:59Z
dc.date.available2025-08-01T04:36:59Z
dc.date.issued2025-JUL 23
dc.description.wosFundingTextThe authors thank M. Yilmaz, M. Meister, M. Joesch and T. Branco for advice on the behavioural experiments; C. Dulac, V. Bitsikas, E. Diel and J. Chen for advice on the immunohistochemistry and RNAscope experiments; J. Greenwood and E. Soucy for technical and engineering help; A. Chrzanowska for help and advice on optogenetic experiments; A. Calzoni for help aligning histological sections to a brain atlas; S. Worthington for statistical advice; P. Goncalves for advice with the electrophysiology analysis; I. Vlaemick for help with whole cell experiments; R. Hellmiss for figure design; B. Sabatini, V. Stempel, K. Tyssowski and N. Sanguinetti for feedback on the manuscript; and Y. M. Lee and A. Tomcho for photos of P. maniculatus and P. leucopus habitats (Fig. 1). F.B. was supported by an HHMI International Student Research Fellowship, a Grant-in-Aid of the American Society of Mammalogy, a Herchel Smith Graduate Fellowship, a Robert A. Chapman Memorial Scholarship, and a Joan Brockman Williamson Fellowship. This project received funding from the European Union's Horizon 2020 research and innovation programme under the Marie Sk & lstrok;odowska-Curie grant agreement 665501 and by the FWO (12S7917N and 12S7920N) to K.R. and from European Research Council (ERC) (grant agreement 101075848) to K.R. V.T. was supported by a Harvard PRISE fellowship and a Harvard Museum of Comparative Zoology grant for undergraduate research. K.F. is supported by the FWO (G094616N and G091719N) and the NIH (1R01EY032101). This work was supported by the Howard Hughes Medical Institute, of which H.E.H. was an Investigator.
dc.identifier.doi10.1038/s41586-025-09241-2
dc.identifier.issn0028-0836
dc.identifier.pmidMEDLINE:40702175
dc.identifier.urihttps://imec-publications.be/handle/20.500.12860/45997
dc.publisherNATURE PORTFOLIO
dc.source.journalNATURE
dc.source.numberofpages34
dc.subject.keywordsSUPERIOR COLLICULUS
dc.subject.keywordsPERIAQUEDUCTAL GRAY
dc.subject.keywordsNEURONAL-ACTIVITY
dc.subject.keywordsVISUAL PATHWAY
dc.subject.keywordsFEAR RESPONSES
dc.subject.keywordsSTIMULATION
dc.subject.keywordsEVOLUTION
dc.subject.keywordsESCAPE
dc.subject.keywordsORGANIZATION
dc.subject.keywordsAVOIDANCE
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The neural basis of species-specific defensive behaviour in Peromyscus mice

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