The Difference between Male and Female Rats in Terms of Freezing and Aversive Ultrasonic Vocalization in an Active Avoidance Test

The Difference between Male and Female Rats in Terms of Freezing and Aversive Ultrasonic Vocalization in an Active Avoidance Test

We examined sex differences in behavioral responses to fear-related learning through ultrasonic vocalization. Adult male and female rats of two inbred rat strains (WAG/Rij rats with genetic predisposition absence epilepsy, <i>n</i> = 25; and the minor substrain NEW with non-epileptic phe...

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Main Authors: Pavel Alexandrov, Maria Pupikina, Zabava Adaeva, Evgenia Sitnikova
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: MDPI AG 2023-07-01
Series:Physiologia
Subjects:
fear conditioning
adult rats
behavioral response
aversive ultrasonic vocalization
22 kHz calls
Sonotrack
Online Access:https://www.mdpi.com/2673-9488/3/3/28

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