The prefrontal cortex (PFC) orchestrates higher brain function and becomes disrupted in
many mental health disorders. The rodent medial PFC (mPFC) possesses an enormous …

Many genes have been linked to autism. However, it remains unclear what long-term
changes in neural circuitry result from disruptions in these genes, and how these circuit …

In contrast to easily formed fear memories, fear extinction requires prolonged training. The
prelimbic cortex (PL), which integrates signals from brain structures involved in fear …

Projections from the basal amygdala (BA) to the ventral hippocampus (vH) are proposed to
provide information about the rewarding or threatening nature of learned associations to …

Hunger is an internal state that not only invigorates behaviour towards feeding, but also acts
as a contextual cue for the higher-order control of anticipatory feeding-related behaviour …