A valuable experimental model for the pathogenesis of anxiety disorders is that they originate from a learned association between an intrinsically non-aversive event (Conditioned Stimulus, CS) and an
Data shown are representative results from 4 OMP-ChIEF mice and 4 wild type mice (all males, 6-7 weeks old). Experimental animals were prepared by the surgical implantation of the optical fiber in the
Understanding the physical encoding of a memory (the engram) is a fundamental question in neuroscience. Although it has been established that the lateral amygdala is a key site for encoding associativ
Fear Conditioning. Male mice 4-7 months old were used for this experiment. This cohort of mice was older than the rest of the mice used in the other experiments. However, previous studies in th
