Fergil Mills

The paper identifies the amygdalostriatal transition zone (ASt) as a critical structure for encoding sustained cue responses that guide defensive behaviors.

The paper identifies a topographic organization in the posterolateral cortical amygdala (plCoA) that controls innate olfactory attraction and aversion through distinct cell types and projections.

The paper investigates the role of the MGN-BLA circuit in associative learning, finding that the MGN encodes arousal but not valence, while the BLA encodes both.