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Two groups demonstrate the importance of inputs from the amygdala to the medial prefrontal cortex for signaling aversion across a range of behaviors and motivational drives.

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Figure 1: Amygdala inputs to the mPFC tilt behavior toward fearful responding, even in the face of competing rewards and extinction.

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  1. Joseph M. Stujenske is in the Department of Psychiatry, Weill Cornell Medical College, New York, New York, USA, and,

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  2. Ekaterina Likhtik is in the Department of Biological Sciences, Hunter College, City University of New York, and the Neuroscience Collaborative, The Graduate Center, City University of New York, New York, New York, USA.,

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Stujenske, J., Likhtik, E. Fear from the bottom up. Nat Neurosci 20, 765–767 (2017). https://doi.org/10.1038/nn.4578

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