Ongoing neurogenesis in the adult dentate gyrus mediates behavioral responses to ambiguous threat cues.
Fear learning is highly adaptive if utilized in appropriate situations but can lead to generalized anxiety if applied too widely. A role of predictive cues in inhibiting fear generalization has been suggested by stress and fear learning studies, but the effects of partially predictive cues (ambiguou...
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Public Library of Science
2017
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