Social buffering in rats reduces fear by oxytocin triggering sustained changes in central amygdala neuronal activity

Social buffering in rats reduces fear by oxytocin triggering sustained changes in central amygdala neuronal activity

Abstract The presence of a companion can reduce fear, but the neural mechanisms underlying this social buffering of fear are incompletely known. We studied social buffering of fear in male and female, and its encoding in the amygdala of male, auditory fear-conditioned rats. Pharmacological, opto,- a...

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Main Authors: Chloe Hegoburu, Yan Tang, Ruifang Niu, Supriya Ghosh, Rodrigo Triana Del Rio, Isabel de Araujo Salgado, Marios Abatis, David Alexandre Mota Caseiro, Erwin H. van den Burg, Christophe Grundschober, Ron Stoop
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Language:English
Published: Nature Portfolio 2024-03-01
Series:Nature Communications
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-024-45626-z

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https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-024-45626-z

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