Congping Shang

This paper identifies the medial sector of the auditory thalamus (ATm) as an interface that transforms alerting environmental cues into internal arousal and emotional state changes in mice.

The paper identifies molecularly distinct neuronal subtypes in the superior colliculus that mediate predator avoidance and prey capture behaviors through separate transcriptomic codes.

The paper identifies a brain circuit from the superior colliculus to the substantia nigra pars compacta that enhances appetitive locomotion during predatory hunting by modulating dopamine release.