Should I stay or should I go? A thalamic circuit for modulating behavioral responses to visual threat

In this issue of Neuron and in Cell Reports, Fratzl et al. (2021) and Salay and Huberman (2021) identify the ventral lateral geniculate nucleus (vLGN) of the thalamus as a key regulator for adjusting defensive behaviors according to the level of perceived visual threat.

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The ventral lateral geniculate nucleus (vLGN) of the thalamus has been identified as a key regulator for adjusting defensive behaviors according to the level of perceived visual threat in studies conducted by Fratzl et al. (2021) and Salay and Huberman (2021).