More than a feeling: central amygdala mediates social transfer of information about proximity of danger
Karolina Andraka, Kacper Kondrakiewicz, Karolina Rojek-Sito, Karolina Ziegart-Sadowska, Ksenia Z. Meyza, Tomasz Nikolaev, Adam Hamed, Miron B. Kursa, Maja Wójcik, Konrad Danielewski, Marta Wiatrowska, Ewa Kublik, Marek Bekisz, Tomasz Lebitko, Daniel Duque, , Ewelina Knapska
The paper shows that social signals convey explicit information about danger proximity, and the central amygdala circuits mediate context-appropriate defensive reactions.
Current Biology · Apr 13, 2021Peer-reviewedNeuroscience