Athelson Stefanon Bittencourt

TL;DR: The results suggest that whereas immobility is a NE-mediated attentional response, galloping is the panic-like behavior best candidate.

TL;DR: In this paper, the authors employed regression analysis to map out electrically and NMDA-induced single components of defensive behaviors produced by stepwise increasing stimulation of periaqueductal gray matter (PAG).

TL;DR: The results suggest a dynamically organized representation of defensive behaviors in the midbrain tectum, which may be distinct from the full-blown flight reaction that is mediated by the dorsolateral and lateral PAG.

TL;DR: The present data suggest that the deeper layers of SC are most likely involved in the increased attentiveness (exophthalmus, immobility) or restlessness (trotting) behaviors that herald a full-blown flight reaction (galloping, jumping) mediated in the PAG.

TL;DR: Support is added to the concept that the early environment contributes to the development of eating disorders later in life by observing that males are more vulnerable and females are more resilient to the effects of neonatal stress on anxiety-like behavior, as well as on food consumption and on the central changes observed.