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Lateral Habenula Mediates Defensive Responses Only When Threat and Safety Memories Are in Conflict

Geronimo Velazquez-Hernandez and Francisco Sotres-Bayon
eNeuro 12 March 2021, 8 (2) ENEURO.0482-20.2021; https://doi.org/10.1523/ENEURO.0482-20.2021
Geronimo Velazquez-Hernandez
Cell Physiology Institute–Neuroscience, National Autonomous University of Mexico, Mexico City 04510, Mexico
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Cell Physiology Institute–Neuroscience, National Autonomous University of Mexico, Mexico City 04510, Mexico
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Lateral Habenula Mediates Defensive Responses Only When Threat and Safety Memories Are in Conflict
Geronimo Velazquez-Hernandez, Francisco Sotres-Bayon
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