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Two neuronal pathways originating in the central amygdala coordinate distinct behaviors
necessary for efficient predatory hunting: the ability to pursue a prey and deliver
fatal bites upon capture.
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Here, the scientists reveal a critical role for the central nucleus of the amygdala in predatory hunting. Both optogenetic and chemogenetic stimulation of central amygdala of mice elicited predatory-like attacks upon both insect and artificial prey.