What is learned determines how Pavlovian conditioned fear is consolidated in the brain.
J. Leake, D. M. Leidl, B. P. P. Lay, J. P. Fam, M. C. Giles, O. A. Qureshi, R. F. Westbrook, N. M. Holmes
This study shows that protein synthesis in the BLA is required for first-order fear consolidation but not second-order fear, reflecting differences in what is learned during conditioning.
bioRxiv · Dec 5, 2022Animal Behavior & Cognition