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Dopamine modulates visual threat processing in the superior colliculus via D2 receptors
Quentin Montardy, Zheng Zhou, Lei Li…·Liping Wang
This study shows that D2 dopamine receptors in the superior colliculus modulate defensive behaviors to visual threats, with optogenetic activation promoting defensive responses and chemogenetic inhibition reducing them.
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