A specific area of olfactory cortex involved in stress hormone responses to predator odours

Kunio Kondoh, Zhonghua Lu, Xiaolan Ye, David P. Olson, Bradford B. Lowell and Linda B. Buck ()
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Kunio Kondoh: Howard Hughes Medical Institute, Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center
Zhonghua Lu: Howard Hughes Medical Institute, Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center
Xiaolan Ye: Howard Hughes Medical Institute, Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center
David P. Olson: Diabetes and Metabolism, Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center and Harvard Medical School
Bradford B. Lowell: Diabetes and Metabolism, Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center and Harvard Medical School
Linda B. Buck: Howard Hughes Medical Institute, Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center

Nature, 2016, vol. 532, issue 7597, 103-106

Abstract: Exposure to predator scents triggers an instinctive fear response in mice, including a surge in blood levels of stress hormones; here, the amygdalo-piriform transition area is identified as provoking these hormonal responses.

Date: 2016
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DOI: 10.1038/nature17156

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