Sexually divergent expression of active and passive conditioned fear responses in rats

Traditional rodent models of Pavlovian fear conditioning assess the strength of learning by quantifying freezing responses. However, sole reliance on this measure includes the de facto assumption that any locomotor activity reflects an absence of fear. Consequently, alternative expressions of associ...

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Main Authors: Tina M Gruene, Katelyn Flick, Alexis Stefano, Stephen D Shea, Rebecca M Shansky
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: eLife Sciences Publications Ltd 2015-11-01
Series:eLife
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Online Access:https://elifesciences.org/articles/11352