Behavioral and brain mechanisms mediating conditioned flight behavior in rats

Abstract Environmental contexts can inform animals of potential threats, though it is currently unknown how context biases the selection of defensive behavior. Here we investigated context-dependent flight responses with a Pavlovian serial-compound stimulus (SCS) paradigm that evokes freeze-to-fligh...

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Main Authors: Michael S. Totty, Naomi Warren, Isabella Huddleston, Karthik R. Ramanathan, Reed L. Ressler, Cecily R. Oleksiak, Stephen Maren
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Nature Publishing Group 2021-04-01
Series:Scientific Reports
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-021-87559-3