Social Fear Learning: from Animal Models to Human Function
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DOI: 10.1016/j.tics.2017.04.010
Abstract: Learning about potential threats is critical for survival. Learned fear responses are acquired either through direct experiences or indirectly through social transmission. Social fear learning (SFL), also known as vicarious fear learning, is a paradigm… read more here.
Keywords: fear; fear learning; social fear; learning animal ... See more keywords
The basal forebrain to lateral habenula circuitry mediates social behavioral maladaptation
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DOI: 10.1038/s41467-024-48378-y
Abstract: Elucidating the neural basis of fear allows for more effective treatments for maladaptive fear often observed in psychiatric disorders. Although the basal forebrain (BF) has an essential role in fear learning, its function in fear… read more here.
Keywords: lateral habenula; social fear; fear; basal forebrain ... See more keywords
Brain Region-Dependent Effects of Neuropeptide Y on Conditioned Social Fear and Anxiety-Like Behavior in Male Mice
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DOI: 10.3390/ijms22073695
Abstract: Neuropeptide Y (NPY) has anxiolytic-like effects and facilitates the extinction of cued and contextual fear in rodents. We have previously shown that the intracerebroventricular administration of NPY reduces the expression of social fear in a… read more here.
Keywords: fear; like behavior; anxiety like; social fear ... See more keywords