Excitatory and inhibitory neurons in the dorsal periaqueductal gray encode decisions to assess and escape natural threats
Irene P. Ayuso-Jimeno, Sofia Torchia, Valeria Mussetto, Taddeo Salemi, Cornelius Thilo Gross
The paper identifies glutamatergic and GABAergic neurons in the dPAG that encode both threat assessment and escape behaviors across different threat types.
bioRxiv · Feb 17, 2026 · PreprintNeuroscience