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Maternal presence serves as a switch between learning fear and attraction in infancy
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Odor-shock conditioning produces either olfactory preference or aversion in preweanling (12-15 days old) rats, depending on the context. In the mother's absence, odor-shock conditioning produces amygdala activation and learned odor avoidance. With maternal presence, this same conditioning yields an odor preference without amygdala activation. Maternal presence acts through modulation of pup corticosterone and corticosterone's regulation of amygdala activity. Over-riding maternal suppression of corticosterone through intra-amygdala corticosterone infusions permits fear conditioning and amygdala activation.
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- Authors
- Moriceau, S., & Sullivan, R. M.
- Affiliations
- University of Oklahoma (US)
- Corresponding author
- Sullivan, Regina M
- ORCID
- Sullivan, Regina M
- Venue
- Nature Neuroscience
- Published
- 2006-07-09
- Volume
- 9
- Issue
- 8
- Pages
- 1004-1006
- ISSN
- 1097-6256 (ISSN-L)
- 1546-1726
- PMC
- PMC1560090
- OpenAlex
- W2045013563
- Cited by
- 386
- References
- 15
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- FWCI
- 6.32
- Type
- journal article
- Language
- en
- Open access
- green
- www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
- Licence
- www.springer.com/tdm (tdm)
- Locations
- Nature Neuroscience (publishedVersion)
- PubMed (publishedVersion)
- Europe PMC (PubMed Central) (acceptedVersion)
- Funders
- National Science Foundation
- Foundation for the National Institutes of Health
- Oklahoma Center for the Advancement of Science and Technology
- National Institute of Child Health and Human Development
- Eunice Kennedy Shriver National Institute of Child Health and Human Development (HD33402, R01HD033402)
- Topics
- Life Sciences › Neuroscience › Cognitive Neuroscience › Memory and Neural Mechanisms
- Life Sciences › Neuroscience › Behavioral Neuroscience › Stress Responses and Cortisol
- Life Sciences › Neuroscience › Endocrine and Autonomic Systems › Neuroendocrine regulation and behavior
- Keywords
- maternal presence, odor preference, odor aversion, fear conditioning, amygdala activation, corticosterone, preweanling rats, infant learning, maternal behavior
- MeSH terms
- Amygdala, Animals, Association Learning, Avoidance Learning, Conditioning, Classical, Corticosterone, Fear, Learning, Mothers, Odorants, Rats
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