Effect of gender and halothane genotype on cognitive bias and its relationship with fear in pigs

Authors: Ricard Carreras, Laura Arroyo, Eva Mainau, Raquel Peña, Anna Bassols, Antoni Dalmau, Luigi Faucitano, Xavier Manteca, Antonio Velarde

Publication/Journal: Applied Animal Behaviour Science

Keywords: *cognitive bias, fear, gender, halothane genotype, neurotransmitters

2016

Neural mechanisms of mother–infant bonding and pair bonding: Similarities, differences, and broader implications

Authors: Michael Numan, Larry J. Young

Publication/Journal: Hormones and Behavior

Keywords: amygdala, dopamine, medial preoptic area, monogamy, nucleus accumbens, oxytocin, social attachment, vasopressin, ventral pallidum

2016

Sex differences and estrous cycle effects on foreground contextual fear conditioning

Authors: Ricardo Cossio, María B. Carreira, Carol E. Vásquez, Gabrielle B. Britton

Publication/Journal: Physiology & Behavior

Keywords: amygdala, bdnf, conditioned fear, hippocampus, prefrontal cortex, sex differences

2016

Social buffering enhances extinction of conditioned fear responses in male rats

Authors: Kaori Mikami, Yasushi Kiyokawa, Yukari Takeuchi, Yuji Mori

Publication/Journal: Physiology & Behavior

Keywords: amygdala, fear extinction, freezing, social buffering, stress

2016

Social Support Modulates Stress-Related Gene Expression in Various Brain Regions of Piglets

Authors: E. Kanitz, T. Hameister, A. Tuchscherer, M. Tuchscherer, B. Puppe

Publication/Journal: Frontiers in Behavioral Neuroscience

Keywords: hpa axis, limbic brain regions, mRNA expression, pig, social buffering, social deprivation

2016

Winning agonistic encounters increases testosterone and androgen receptor expression in Syrian hamsters

Authors: Catherine T. Clinard, Abigail K. Barnes, Samuel G. Adler, Matthew A. Cooper

Publication/Journal: Hormones and Behavior

Keywords: aggression, androgen receptors, estrogen alpha receptors, medial amygdala, resiliency, testosterone

2016

Early rearing experience is associated with vasopressin immunoreactivity but not reactivity to an acute non-social stressor in the prairie vole

Authors: Allison M. Perkeybile, Karen L. Bales

Publication/Journal: Physiology & Behavior

Keywords: biparental care, corticotropin releasing hormone, forced swim test, natural variation, prairie vole, vasopressin

2015

Neuropeptidergic regulation of pair-bonding and stress buffering: Lessons from voles

Authors: Kyle Gobrogge, Zuoxin Wang

Publication/Journal: Hormones and Behavior

Keywords: anxiety, autism, corticotrophin-releasing hormone, depression, dopamine, drug abuse, nucleus accumbens, paraventricular nucleus of the anterior hypothalamus, passive stress-coping, posterior dorsal medial amygdala, social bonding, stress, vasopressin, ventral tegmental area

2015

The effect of chronic administration of corticosterone on anxiety- and depression-like behavior and the expression of GABA-A receptor alpha-2 subunits in brain structures of low- and high-anxiety rats

Authors: Anna Skórzewska, Małgorzata Lehner, Aleksandra Wisłowska-Stanek, Paweł Krząścik, Andrzej Ziemba, Adam Płaźnik

Publication/Journal: Hormones and Behavior

Keywords: anxiety, brain structures, chronic corticosterone, depression, gaba-a receptor alpha-2 subunits, individual differences

2014

Changes on auditory physiology in response to the inactivation of amygdala nuclei in high anxiety rats expressing learned fear

Authors: Manoel Jorge Nobre

Publication/Journal: Physiology & Behavior

Keywords: amygdala, auditory evoked potentials, fear conditioning, gaba, inferior colliculus

2013

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