Prepronociceptin-Expressing Neurons in the Bed Nucleus of the Stria Terminalis Signal Escape Behavior
These results highlight a novel role of <i>Pnoc</i> <sup>BNST</sup> neurons to signal escape behavior in response to an aversive stimulus. This, in combination with our previous findings that <i>Pnoc</i> <sup>BNST</sup> neurons encode arousal responses, supports a neurobiological relationship of arousal and motivation within extended amygdala circuits.
Authors
- Randall L. Ung (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5303-3741)
- Nicolas C. Pégard (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2868-7118)
- Noah W. Miller
- Ruben A. Garcia-Reyes (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-0056-926X)
- Hiroyuki Kato (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5748-3221)
- Maria M. Ortiz-Juza
- Jose Rodríguez-Romaguera (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1752-229X)
- Hiroshi Nomura (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6172-4788)
- Ayden L Ring
- Sophia M Hegel
Institutions
- University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill (US)
- Nagoya City University (JP)
- Applied Physical Sciences (United States) (US)
Publication Details
- Journal
- Biological Psychiatry Global Open Science
- Published
- 2025-05-22
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.1016/j.bpsgos.2025.100538
- Primary Topic
- Neuroscience of respiration and sleep
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 0.00