'Online' integration of sensory and fear memories in the rat medial temporal lobe

How does a stimulus never associated with danger become frightening? The present study addressed this question using a sensory preconditioning task with rats. In this task, rats integrate a sound-light memory formed in stage 1 with a light-danger memory formed in stage 2, as they show fear when test...

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Main Authors: Francesca S Wong, R Fred Westbrook, Nathan M Holmes
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: eLife Sciences Publications Ltd 2019-06-01
Series:eLife
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Online Access:https://elifesciences.org/articles/47085