Maria Esteban Masferrer

This study identifies reciprocal feedback inhibition and distinct intrinsic firing properties between two neuron classes in the mouse ventromedial hypothalamus involved in defensive behaviors.

The paper identifies midbrain projections to the cuneiform nucleus that induce flight behavior through optogenetic stimulation.

This study uses pharmacogenetic inhibition to show that the cerebral cortex acutely suppresses innate defensive behaviors in response to threatening stimuli.

This study investigates how predator fear is encoded in the ventromedial hypothalamus and periaqueductal grey using electrophysiological recordings in mice.