Influence of context on extinguished appetitive conditioning in male and female rats

• Published in: Behavioral neuroscience Vol. 139; no. 4-5; p. 193
• Main Authors: Moriarty, Samantha K, Weingart, Shaina L, Abdollahi, Reihane, Rocco, Emily A, Schoenberg, Hannah L, Winterbauer, Neil E, Toufexis, Donna J, Green, John T, Todd, Travis P
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: United States 01.08.2025
• Subjects: Animals; Appetitive Behavior - physiology; Conditioning, Classical - physiology; Extinction, Psychological - physiology; Female; Male; Ovariectomy; Rats; Sex Characteristics
• ISSN: 1939-0084
• DOI: 10.1037/bne0000626

Extinction is fundamental to adaptive behavior in that it allows organisms to alter previously conditioned behaviors based on the prevailing environmental contingencies. Extinguished responses, however, will renew when the conditioned stimulus is presented outside the extinction context. There has b...