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Strain comparisons in inhibitory discrimination learning and novel object recognition procedures (2021)
Journal Article
Waite, L., Bonardi, C., Stevenson, C. W., & Cassaday, H. J. (2021). Strain comparisons in inhibitory discrimination learning and novel object recognition procedures. Physiology and Behavior, 240, Article 113557. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.physbeh.2021.113557

Strain differences in visual abilities and exploratory tendencies can confound rats’ performance in cognitive tests of learning and memory. In the present study we compared the performance of albino Wistar and pigmented Lister Hooded rats in appetiti... Read More about Strain comparisons in inhibitory discrimination learning and novel object recognition procedures.

Hippocampal disinhibition reduces contextual and elemental fear conditioning while sparing the acquisition of latent inhibition (2021)
Working Paper
Williams, S. A., Gwilt, M., Hock, R., Taylor, C., Loayza, J., Stevenson, C. W., …Bast, T. Hippocampal disinhibition reduces contextual and elemental fear conditioning while sparing the acquisition of latent inhibition

Hippocampal neural disinhibition, i.e. reduced GABAergic inhibition, is a key feature of schizophrenia pathophysiology. The hippocampus is an important part of the neural circuitry that controls fear conditioning and can also modulate prefrontal and... Read More about Hippocampal disinhibition reduces contextual and elemental fear conditioning while sparing the acquisition of latent inhibition.

In it together? The case for endocannabinoid–noradrenergic interactions in fear extinction (2021)
Journal Article
Warren, W. G., Papagianni, E. P., Stevenson, C. W., & Stubbendorff, C. (2022). In it together? The case for endocannabinoid–noradrenergic interactions in fear extinction. European Journal of Neuroscience, 55(4), 952-970. https://doi.org/10.1111/ejn.15200

Anxiety and trauma-related disorders, such as post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD), are debilitating mental illnesses with great personal and socioeconomic costs. Examining memory formation and relevant behavioural responding associated with aversiv... Read More about In it together? The case for endocannabinoid–noradrenergic interactions in fear extinction.