Sex Differences and the Neural Correlates of Safety Learning:

Sex Differences and the Neural Correlates of Safety Learning:

Thesis advisor: John P. Christianson === Accurate discrimination between safety and danger is necessary for survival, but is aberrant in individuals with post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD). Despite its clinical relevance, very little is known about the cognitive and neural processes that underlie...

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Main Author: Foilb, Allison R.
Format: Others
Language:English
Published: Boston College 2019
Subjects:
fear discrimination
insular cortex
neural network
rat
safety
sex differences
Online Access:http://hdl.handle.net/2345/bc-ir:108467
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spelling ndltd-BOSTON-oai-dlib.bc.edu-bc-ir_1084672019-05-24T03:02:08Z Sex Differences and the Neural Correlates of Safety Learning: Foilb, Allison R. Thesis advisor: John P. Christianson Text thesis 2019 Boston College English electronic application/pdf Accurate discrimination between safety and danger is necessary for survival, but is aberrant in individuals with post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD). Despite its clinical relevance, very little is known about the cognitive and neural processes that underlie safety learning. Understanding how cues become safety signals is critical to understanding the impairments in fear modulation observed in individuals with PTSD. PTSD is more prevalent in women than men, and while research on sex differences in safety learning is limited, there is substantial evidence that males and females acquire and utilize safety signals differently. The aim of this dissertation is to describe behavioral sex differences in learning and recall of fear discrimination and explore the neural circuitry that allows this discrimination to occur. fear discrimination insular cortex neural network rat safety sex differences Copyright is held by the author, with all rights reserved, unless otherwise noted. Thesis (PhD) — Boston College, 2019. Submitted to: Boston College. Graduate School of Arts and Sciences. Discipline: Psychology. http://hdl.handle.net/2345/bc-ir:108467
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sex differences
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neural network
rat
safety
sex differences
Foilb, Allison R.
Sex Differences and the Neural Correlates of Safety Learning:
description Thesis advisor: John P. Christianson === Accurate discrimination between safety and danger is necessary for survival, but is aberrant in individuals with post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD). Despite its clinical relevance, very little is known about the cognitive and neural processes that underlie safety learning. Understanding how cues become safety signals is critical to understanding the impairments in fear modulation observed in individuals with PTSD. PTSD is more prevalent in women than men, and while research on sex differences in safety learning is limited, there is substantial evidence that males and females acquire and utilize safety signals differently. The aim of this dissertation is to describe behavioral sex differences in learning and recall of fear discrimination and explore the neural circuitry that allows this discrimination to occur. === Thesis (PhD) — Boston College, 2019. === Submitted to: Boston College. Graduate School of Arts and Sciences. === Discipline: Psychology.
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title_full Sex Differences and the Neural Correlates of Safety Learning:
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