The neural circuits of innate fear: detection, integration, action, and memorization

Author:

Silva Bianca A.,Gross Cornelius T.,Gräff Johannes

Abstract

How fear is represented in the brain has generated a lot of research attention, not only because fear increases the chances for survival when appropriately expressed but also because it can lead to anxiety and stress-related disorders when inadequately processed. In this review, we summarize recent progress in the understanding of the neural circuits processing innate fear in rodents. We propose that these circuits are contained within three main functional units in the brain: a detection unit, responsible for gathering sensory information signaling the presence of a threat; an integration unit, responsible for incorporating the various sensory information and recruiting downstream effectors; and an output unit, in charge of initiating appropriate bodily and behavioral responses to the threatful stimulus. In parallel, the experience of innate fear also instructs a learning process leading to the memorization of the fearful event. Interestingly, while the detection, integration, and output units processing acute fear responses to different threats tend to be harbored in distinct brain circuits, memory encoding of these threats seems to rely on a shared learning system.

Funder

ALTF

Marie Curie Actions

EMBL and European Research Council

ERC

National Science Foundation

National Competence Center for Research SYNAPSY

SYNAPSIS Foundation

Béatrice Ederer-Weber Stiftung

Alzheimer's Association

Publisher

Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory

Subject

Cellular and Molecular Neuroscience,Cognitive Neuroscience,Neuropsychology and Physiological Psychology

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