Sexually dimorphic muscarinic acetylcholine receptor modulation of contextual fear learning in the dentate gyrus

Contextual fear conditioning, where the prevailing situational cues become associated with an aversive unconditional stimulus such as electric shock, is sexually dimorphic. Males typically show higher levels of fear than females. There are two components to contextual fear conditioning. First the mu...

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Main Authors: Fanselow, M.S (Author), Trott, J.M (Author), Yavas, E. (Author)
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Academic Press Inc. 2021
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