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A cellular midbrain mechanism for executing fast and reliable escape
Yaara Lefler, Yu Lin Tan, Goncalo Ferreira…·Tiago Branco
The paper identifies a mechanism in the dorsal periaqueductal gray (dPAG) neurons that enables fast and reliable escape responses through high intrinsic excitability.
DOI 10.64898/2026.07.01.734238