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Yiran Gu

East China Normal University

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A non-image-forming visual circuit mediates the innate fear of heights

Wei Shang, Shuangyi Xie, Wenbo Feng, Zhuangzhuang Li, Jingyan Jia, Xiaoxiao Cao, Yanting Shen, Jing Li, Haibo Shi, Yiran Gu, Shi-Jun Weng, Longnian Lin, Yi-Hsuan Pan, Xiao‐bing Yuan

This study identifies a non-image-forming visual circuit in mice that mediates innate fear of heights, independent of primary visual cortex processing.

Nature Communications · May 3, 2024Peer-reviewedNeuroscience

Positive and Neutral Updating Reconsolidate Aversive Episodic Memories via Different Routes

Jingyi Wang, Boxuan Chen, Manqi Sha, Yiran Gu, Haitao Wu, Cecilia Forcato, Shaozheng Qin

This study investigates how positive and neutral emotional updates affect the reconsolidation of aversive memories, finding that positive updates introduce more false memories while neutral updates reduce emotional arousal.

Neurobiology of Learning and Memory · Aug 10, 2021Peer-reviewedNeuroscience

A brainstem-central amygdala circuit underlies defensive responses to learned threats

Yiran Gu, Walter T. Piper, Lauren Branigan, Elena M. Vazey, Gary Aston‐Jones, Longnian Lin, Joseph E. LeDoux, Robert M. Sears

This study investigates the role of norepinephrine projections from the locus coeruleus to the central amygdala in defensive responses to learned threats, showing bidirectional modulation of freezing behavior.

Molecular Psychiatry · Nov 22, 2019Peer-reviewedNeuroscience