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dorsolateral column
dorsolateral column The dorsolateral column usually refers here to the dorsolateral periaqueductal gray, a midbrain area involved in processing threatening and other strongly aversive experiences.
The dorsolateral column usually refers here to the dorsolateral periaqueductal gray, a midbrain area involved in processing threatening and other strongly aversive experiences. In learning research, it is described as helping link life-threatening events to fear learning through its connections with hypothalamic and thalamic pathways.