D2-like receptors in a pair of dopamine DAN-c1 neurons drive aversive learning, while those in mushroom body neurons mediate both aversive and appetitive learning in Drosophila larvae.
Marie-Alphée Laurent, Corentin Jacques ... Bruno Rossion
There is a striking correspondence between face-selective neural increases vs decreases of fMRI BOLD signal and spikes in neighboring human fusiform gyrus regions.
A region of the brain called the paraventricular thalamus mediates the impact of stress on unlearned fear responses, but is not involved in learned fear behavior.