Highlights d Zebrafish ''give up'' after swim attempts repeatedly fail to generate movement d Whole-brain imaging reveals noradrenergic neurons that encode swim failures d Radial astrocytes accumulate the noradrenergic failure signal and trigger passivity d Glia accumulate evidence that actions are futile, then switch behavioral state
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