Fernanda Nogueira Lotz

Multiple context discrimination in adult rats: sex variability and dynamics of time-dependent generalization of an aversive memory

This study examines sex differences in memory generalization in adult rats across multiple contexts and timepoints, finding females better discriminators with lower fear responses than males.

Estimating the replicability of Brazilian biomedical science

In validated multicenter replications, 20 to 44% of 45 published Brazilian MTT, RT-PCR and elevated plus maze experiments replicated, depending on criterion; replication effects were usually smaller.

Adolescent female rats undergo full systems consolidation of an aversive memory, while males of the same age fail to discriminate contexts

This study shows adolescent female rats undergo systems consolidation of an aversive memory, while adolescent males fail to discriminate contexts, with ovariectomy accelerating generalization in females.