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Meghmik Chakerian

University of California, Los Angeles

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Research Focus:cell type annotation· 2 Organism:mouse· 2 Approach:experimental assay· 1 Organism:human· 1 Assay:imaging· 1 Research Focus:spatial domain detection· 1 Approach:statistical model· 1

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Dorsal premammillary projection to periaqueductal gray controls escape vigor from innate and conditioned threats

Weisheng Wang, Peter J. Schuette, Mimi Q La-Vu, Anita Torossian, Brooke C Tobias, Marta Čeko, Philip A. Kragel, Fernando MCV Reis, Shiyu Ji, Megha Sehgal, Sandra Maesta‐Pereira, Meghmik Chakerian, Alcino J. Silva, Newton Sabino Canteras, Tor Dessart Wager, , Avishek Adhikari

This study identifies the dorsal premammillary nucleus as a central node in the escape network by showing its role in controlling escape vigor from both innate and conditioned threats in mice and suggesting a similar pathway in humans.

eLife · Sep 1, 2021Peer-reviewedNeuroscience

Dorsal Periaqueductal gray ensembles represent approach and avoidance states

Fernando MCV Reis, Johannes Y. Lee, Sandra Maesta‐Pereira, Peter J. Schuette, Meghmik Chakerian, Jinhan Liu, Mimi Q La-Vu, Brooke C Tobias, Juliane Midori Ikebara, Alexandre Hiroaki Kihara, Newton Sabino Canteras, Jonathan C. Kao, Avishek Adhikari

The paper identifies threat-approach and threat-avoidance ensembles in the dPAG of mice and shows they encode distinct behavioral states.

eLife · May 6, 2021Peer-reviewedNeuroscience