News and Views
Nature Neuroscience 10, 807 - 808 (2007)
doi:10.1038/nn0707-807
Ambiguity and anxiety: when a glass half full is empty
Karim Nader1 & Bernard Balleine2
- Karim Nader is at the Psychology Department, McGill University, 1205 Dr. Penfield Avenue, Montreal, Quebec, Canada H3A 1B1. e-mail: karim.nader@mcgill.ca
- Bernard Balleine is at the Department of Psychology, University of California, Los Angeles, Los Angeles, California 90095-1563, USA.
Abstract
Humans and other animals use environmental cues to evaluate sources of danger and to react appropriately. A new study reports that mice lacking the serotonin 1a receptor overreact to ambiguous predictors of aversive events, whereas they respond normally to unambiguous predictors, illuminating the neural bases of contingency learning.
MORE ARTICLES LIKE THIS
These links to content published by NPG are automatically generated.
RESEARCH
Suppression of conditioning to ambiguous cues by pharmacogenetic inhibition of the dentate gyrusNature Neuroscience Article (01 Jul 2007)
Increased Fear Response to Contextual Cues in Mice Lacking the 5-HT1A ReceptorNeuropsychopharmacology Original Article
Increased Fear Response to Contextual Cues in Mice Lacking the 5-HT1A ReceptorNeuropsychopharmacology Original Article
