ERC Starting Grant · 2020
How does cognition regulate innate “low-level” behaviors? While the cognitive functions of the prefrontal cortex (PFC) and hippocampus have been extensively studied, we know much less about their ability to regulate the activity of the various hypothalamic nuclei controlling motivated behaviors (sociability, aggression, mating, feeding). Living in society nonetheless requires that our past experiences and decision-making exert some degree of control over our “basic” behaviors. The lateral septum (LS) -receiving inputs from PFC and hippocampus and projecting primarily to the hypothalamus- is ideally positioned to integrate cognitive information and, in turn, regulate motivated behaviors.…
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