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Amanda Chu

Boston CollegeORCID 0000-0002-5590-3245Unclaimed ORCID profile · follow to get notified of new preprints

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Organism:rat· 2 Research Focus:cell type annotation· 1 Approach:experimental assay· 1 Assay:imaging· 1 Approach:statistical model· 1

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Michael A. McDannaldiD· 2 shared Aleah M DuBois· 1 shared Anaise C Fitzpatrick· 1 shared David C. Williams· 1 shared Emma L. RusselliD· 1 shared Genevieve Valvo· 1 shared Jacob B Boyce· 1 shared Kristina M WrightiD· 1 shared

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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

Optogenetic inhibition of the caudal substantia nigra inflates behavioral responding to uncertain threat and safety

Kristina M Wright, Shannon Cieslewski, Amanda Chu, Michael A. McDannald

This study shows that optogenetic inhibition of the caudal substantia nigra increases defensive responding to uncertain and safe cues in rats.

Behavioral Neuroscience · Oct 5, 2023Peer-reviewedNeuroscience