Ethograms reveal a fear conditioned visual cue to organize diverse behaviors in rats
David C. Williams, Amanda Chu, Nicholas T Gordon, Aleah M DuBois, Suhui Qian, Genevieve Valvo, Selena Shen, Jacob B Boyce, Anaise C Fitzpatrick, Mahsa Moaddab, Emma L. Russell, Liliuokalani H Counsman, Michael A. McDannald
The paper uses ethograms to show that a fear conditioned visual cue in rats suppresses reward seeking and elicits freezing, with classification accuracy improved by full ethogram data.
eLife · Mar 3, 2025Peer-reviewedNeuroscience