Distinct regions of the periaqueductal gray are involved in the acquisition and expression of defensive responses
dc.contributor.author | De Oca, Beatrice M. | |
dc.contributor.author | DeCola, Joseph P. | |
dc.contributor.author | Maren, Stephen | |
dc.contributor.author | Fanselow, Michael S. | |
dc.date.accessioned | 2007-10-08T15:19:04Z | |
dc.date.available | 2007-10-08T15:19:04Z | |
dc.date.issued | 1998-05-15 | |
dc.identifier.citation | Journal of Neuroscience, 18(9):3426-32. <http://hdl.handle.net/2027.42/56228> | en_US |
dc.identifier.uri | https://hdl.handle.net/2027.42/56228 | |
dc.identifier.uri | http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/sites/entrez?cmd=retrieve&db=pubmed&list_uids=9547249&dopt=citation | en_US |
dc.description.abstract | In fear conditioning, a rat is placed in a distinct environment and delivered footshock. The response to the footshock itself is called an activity burst and includes running, jumping, and vocalization. The fear conditioned to the distinct environment by the footshock elicits complete immobility termed freezing. Lesions of the ventral periaqueductal gray (vPAG) strongly attenuate freezing. However, lesions of the dorsolateral periaqueductal gray (dlPAG) increase the amount of freezing seen to conditional fear cues acquired under conditions in which intact rats do not demonstrate much fear conditioning. To examine the necessity of these regions in the acquisition and expression of fear, we performed five experiments that examined the effects of electrolytic lesions of the dlPAG and the vPAG in learned and unlearned fear. In experiment 1, lesions of the vPAG strongly attenuated, whereas lesions of the dlPAG enhanced, unconditional freezing to a cat. In experiment 2, lesions of the dlPAG made before but not after training enhanced the amount of freezing shown to conditional fear cues acquired via immediate footshock delivery. In experiment 3, vPAG lesions made either before or after training with footshock decreased the level of freezing to conditional fear cues. Neither dlPAG lesions nor vPAG lesions affected footshock sensitivity (experiment 4) or consumption on a conditioned taste aversion test that does not elicit antipredator responses (experiment 5). On the basis of these results, it is proposed that activation of the dlPAG produces inhibition of the vPAG and forebrain structures involved with defense. In contrast, the vPAG seems to be necessary for postencounter freezing defensive behavior. | en_US |
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dc.language.iso | en_US | en_US |
dc.title | Distinct regions of the periaqueductal gray are involved in the acquisition and expression of defensive responses | en_US |
dc.type | Article | en_US |
dc.subject.hlbsecondlevel | Psychology | |
dc.subject.hlbtoplevel | Social Sciences | |
dc.description.peerreviewed | Peer Reviewed | en_US |
dc.contributor.affiliationother | University of California, Los Angeles | en_US |
dc.contributor.affiliationumcampus | Ann Arbor | en_US |
dc.identifier.pmid | 9547249 | en_US |
dc.description.bitstreamurl | http://deepblue.lib.umich.edu/bitstream/2027.42/56228/1/deocaJN98.pdf | en_US |
dc.owningcollname | Psychology, Department of |
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