Social buffering suppresses fear-associated activation of the lateral amygdala in male rats: behavioral and neurophysiological evidence
In social mammals, the presence of an affiliative conspecific reduces stress responses, a phenomenon referred to as “social buffering.”In a previous study, we found that the presence of a conspecific animal ameliorated a variety of stress responses to an aversive conditioned stimulus (CS), including...
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| Format: | Online |
| Language: | English |
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Frontiers Media S.A.
2015
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| Online Access: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4373252/ |