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Foraging and flight trump defense and fight

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Hypothalamic Agouti-related peptide (AgRP)-expressing neurons promote feeding via inhibitory mechanisms. A downstream target in the medial amygdala both mediates feeding and modulates risk-taking and defensive behaviors in the face of starvation.

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Figure 1: AgRP→MeA terminal activation dampens territorial aggression.

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  1. Chia Li and Michael J. Krashes are in the Diabetes, Endocrinology and Obesity Branch, National Institutes of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases (NIDDK), US National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, Maryland, USA, and the National Institute on Drug Abuse (NIDA), US National Institutes of Health, Baltimore, Maryland, USA.,

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Li, C., Krashes, M. Foraging and flight trump defense and fight. Nat Neurosci 19, 645–646 (2016). https://doi.org/10.1038/nn.4294

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