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Relationships between phenotypic differences in punishment behaviour and prefrontal cortex network engagement.
Neurobiology of learning and memory - 1 May 2026
Lou Min, Shen Michelle H, Al-Saddik Saraa, Keevers Luke J, Jean-Richard-Dit-Bressel Philip
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Avoiding actions with negative consequences is fundamental to adaptive behaviour, yet individuals differ drastically in their tendencies to avoid to punishment. Using a conditioned punishment task in male and female rats, we replicate findings of a bimodal distribution of punishment avoidance, and identify four distinct behavioural phenotypes (Sensitive, Hypersensitive, Insensitive, Generalised) that differed in...
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