Novelty exposure hinders aversive memory generalization and depends on hippocampal protein synthesis Vrije Universiteit Brussel KU Leuven
Fear generalization is defined as the transferring of fear experienced during a traumatic event to safe conditions resembling or not the traumatic event. It has been related to several psychological disorders. Here we set out to determine whether novelty exposure can be effective to avoid fear generalization. We evaluated the effect of a novelty exposure on fear memory generalization using an aversive memory task, the inhibitory avoidance ...