title: An Elegant Circuit for Balancing Risk and Reward.
abstract: Animals constantly encounter conflicting cues in natural environments. To survive and thrive, they must make appropriate behavioral decisions. In this issue, Ghosh et al. (2016) identified a neural circuit underlying multisensory threat-reward decision making using an elegant C. elegans model.
authors.affiliation: Life Sciences Institute, Department of Molecular & Integrative Physiology, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI 48109, USA.
authors.forename: Zhaoyu
authors.initials: Z
authors.lastname: Li
authors.affiliation: Life Sciences Institute, Department of Molecular & Integrative Physiology, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI 48109, USA.
authors.forename: Adam J
authors.initials: AJ
authors.lastname: Iliff
authors.affiliation: Life Sciences Institute, Department of Molecular & Integrative Physiology, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI 48109, USA. Electronic address: shawnxu@umich.edu.
authors.forename: X Z Shawn
authors.initials: XZS
authors.lastname: Xu
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D017173:Caenorhabditis elegans; D003463:Cues; D003657:Decision Making; D012201:Reward
keywords: behavior; chemosensation; neuron; olfaction; osmosensation; sensory integration