Npas4a expression in the teleost forebrain is associated with stress coping style differences in fear learning.

ABSTRACT: Learning to anticipate potentially dangerous contexts is an adaptive behavioral response to coping with stressors. An animal's stress coping style (e.g. proactive-reactive axis) is known to influence how it encodes salient events. However, the neural and molecular mechanisms underlying these stress coping style differences in learning are unknown. Further, while a number of neuroplasticity-related genes have been associated with alternative stress coping styles, it is unclear if these genes may bias the development of conditioned behavioral responses to stressful stimuli, and if so, which brain regions are involved. Here, we trained adult zebrafish to associate a naturally aversive olfactory cue with a given context. Next, we investigated if expression of two neural plasticity and neurotra

SUBMITTER: Baker MR 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8187387 | biostudies-literature | 2021 Jun

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature