A cellular midbrain mechanism for executing fast and reliable escape
Yaara Lefler, Yu Lin Tan, Goncalo Ferreira, Alex Fudge, Marie Heffernan, Yeqing Wang, Tiago Branco
The paper identifies a mechanism in the dorsal periaqueductal gray (dPAG) neurons that enables fast and reliable escape responses through high intrinsic excitability.
bioRxiv · Jul 4, 2026 · PreprintNeuroscience