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Central circuits mediating patterned autonomic activity during active vs. passive emotional coping.

R Bandler¹, K A Keay, N Floyd

¹Department of Anatomy and Histology, University of Sydney, NSW, Sydney, Australia. periaq@anatomy.usyd.edu.au

Brain Research Bulletin

|October 18, 2000

Summary

Animals employ active (fight or flight) or passive (quiescence) emotional coping strategies based on environmental demands. These distinct strategies involve specific autonomic changes and are mediated by neural circuits in the brain.

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Area of Science:

Neuroscience
Psychology
Autonomic Nervous System Research

Background:

Animals exhibit diverse emotional coping mechanisms in response to environmental stressors.
Coping strategies can be active (fight or flight) for escapable stress or passive (quiescence) for inescapable stress.

Purpose of the Study:

To identify the neural substrates underlying distinct emotional coping strategies.
To explore the relationship between emotional coping, autonomic activity, and specific brain regions.

Main Methods:

Review of studies investigating connections between prefrontal cortex (PFC) fields and the periaqueductal gray (PAG).
Analysis of neural circuits involving the PFC, PAG, and hypothalamus.

Main Results:

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Distinct neural pathways in the midbrain periaqueductal gray (PAG) mediate active versus passive emotional coping.
Specific orbital and medial PFC projections connect to different PAG columns, influencing autonomic responses.

Conclusions:

The PAG serves as a key area for understanding neural circuits of emotional coping and autonomic control.
Parallel circuits involving the PFC and PAG mediate behavioral and autonomic patterns associated with environmental engagement or disengagement.