The RUB cage: Respiration-Ultrasonic vocalizations-Behavior acquisition set-up for assessing emotional memory in rats

In animals, emotional memory is classically assessed through pavlovian fear conditioning in which a neutral novel stimulus (conditioned stimulus) is paired with an aversive unconditioned stimulus. After conditioning, the conditioned stimulus elicits a fear response characterized by a wide range of b...

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Main Authors: Chloe eHegoburu, Kiseko eShionoya, Samuel eGarcia, Belkacem eMessaoudi, Marc eThevenet, Anne-Marie eMouly
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Frontiers Media S.A. 2011-05-01
Series:Frontiers in Behavioral Neuroscience
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Online Access:http://journal.frontiersin.org/Journal/10.3389/fnbeh.2011.00025/full