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ABSTRACT:
SUBMITTER: Zambetti PR
PROVIDER: S-EPMC6593150 | biostudies-literature | 2019 Jun
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
iScience 20190611
Rodents in the wild are under nearly constant threat of aerial predation and thus have evolved adaptive innate defensive behaviors, such as freezing or fleeing, in response to a perceived looming threat. Here we employed an ethologically relevant paradigm to study innate fear of aerial predators in male and female rats during a goal-oriented task. Rats foraging for food in a large arena encountered either a 2D or 3D looming stimulus, to which they instinctively fled back to a safe nest. When fac ...[more]