Role of the medial amygdala glutamatergic and GABAergic neurons during social defeat
Alicia Moraes Tamais, Alisson Pinto de Almeida, Daniel França de Lima, Davy Queiroz Viana, Pablo Vinicius Ruivo, Simone Cristina Motta · FENS Forum 2024
Knowing how to behave in the presence of an aggressive conspecific is essential for an individual's survival. For many rodents, olfactory cues are crucial for the animal to identify conspecifics and behave properly. An important region for the expression of social defense is the medial amygdala (MeA). This brain region receives projections from neurons in the accessory olfactory bulb (AOB) and processes olfactory cues from conspecifics. The MeA is enriched by glutamatergic (VGLUT2) and GABAergic (VGAT) neurons. Interestingly, GABAergic neurons are predominantly located in the posterodorsal par
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