Sex differences and estrous cycle effects on foreground contextual fear conditioning

Physiol Behav. 2016 Sep 1:163:305-311. doi: 10.1016/j.physbeh.2016.05.026. Epub 2016 May 16.
No abstract available

Keywords: Amygdala; BDNF; Conditioned fear; Hippocampus; Prefrontal cortex; Sex differences.

Publication types

  • Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

MeSH terms

  • Amygdala / metabolism
  • Analysis of Variance
  • Animals
  • Brain-Derived Neurotrophic Factor / metabolism*
  • Conditioning, Psychological / physiology*
  • Estrous Cycle / physiology*
  • Fear / physiology*
  • Female
  • Freezing Reaction, Cataleptic / physiology
  • Gene Expression / physiology
  • Hippocampus / metabolism
  • Hormones / metabolism*
  • Male
  • Mental Recall / physiology
  • Prefrontal Cortex / metabolism
  • Rats, Wistar
  • Sex Characteristics*

Substances

  • Brain-Derived Neurotrophic Factor
  • Hormones