Using a series of functional manipulation and in vivo recording tools, Park et al. identify a pathway from medial preoptic CaMKIIα-expressing neurons to the ventral periaqueductal gray that mediates object craving and prey hunting.
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Lin, D. An innate circuit for object craving. Nat Neurosci 21, 303–304 (2018). https://doi.org/10.1038/s41593-018-0087-3
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