Yuanming Liu

The paper compares the molecular and cellular organization of the superior colliculus across species, identifying conserved neuronal subtypes and synaptic genes while highlighting divergent ciliary genes and an inhibitory neuron subtype.

The paper identifies two distinct visual escape behaviors and their neural pathways, revealing how the mediodorsal thalamus modulates arousal and defensive responses to repeated threats.

The paper investigates the functional roles of glutamatergic and GABAergic neuronal populations in the dorsolateral periacqueductal gray during fear conditioning, finding that only glutamatergic neurons persist in responding to conditioned stimuli during retrieval.

This study identifies VTA GABAergic neurons as critical for visually evoked innate defensive behaviors in mice.

This study investigates how glutamatergic VTA neurons respond to aversive and rewarding conditioning in mice, revealing distinct patterns during conditioning and retrieval phases.