Social buffering switches fear to safety encoding by oxytocin recruitment of central amygdala "buffer neurons"
Chloé Hegoburu, Yan Tang, Ruifang Niu, Supriya Ghosh, Rodrigo Triana-Del Río, Isabel Salgado, Marios Abatis, David Mota Caseiro, Erwin H. van den Burg, Christophe Grundschober, Ron Stoop
This study identifies a neural mechanism by which oxytocin recruits specific CeA neurons to switch fear responses to safety during social buffering in rats.
bioRxiv · Oct 29, 2023 · PreprintNeuroscience