Avoidance Learning

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  Subject Areas on Research

  • 3-Halo-5,7-dimethylpyrazolo [1,5-a]pyrimidines, a nonbenzodiazepinoid class of antianxiety agents devoid of potentiation of central nervous system depressant effects of ethanol or barbiturates. 
  • A Genetically Defined Compartmentalized Striatal Direct Pathway for Negative Reinforcement. 
  • A comparison of fear-avoidance beliefs in patients with lumbar spine pain and cervical spine pain. 
  • A comparison of laboratory measures of escape and avoidance behavior. 
  • A psychometric investigation of fear-avoidance model measures in patients with chronic low back pain. 
  • A translational bridge between mouse and human models of learned safety. 
  • Adolescent rats are protected from the conditioned aversive properties of cocaine and lithium chloride. 
  • Age-dependent sexual dimorphism in cognition and stress response in the 3xTg-AD mice. 
  • An examination of the relationship between behavioral approach system (BAS) sensitivity and social interaction anxiety. 
  • Approach, avoidance, and coping with stress 
  • Are Changes in Fear-Avoidance Beliefs and Self-efficacy Mediators of Function and Pain at Discharge in Patients With Acute and Chronic Low Back Pain? 
  • Attenuation of the effects of punishment by ethanol: comparisons with chlordiazepoxide. 
  • Aversive effects of ethanol in adolescent versus adult rats: potential causes and implication for future drinking. 
  • Aversive learning modulates cortical representations of object categories. 
  • Avoidance behavior in panic disorder: the moderating influence of perceived control. 
  • Baclofen disrupts passive avoidance retention in rats. 
  • Behavioral differences between two inbred strains of Fawn-Hooded rat: a model of serotonin dysfunction. 
  • Behavioural equivalents of anxiety in children with fragile X syndrome: parent and teacher report. 
  • Childhood trauma exposure in Iraq and Afghanistan war era veterans: implications for posttraumatic stress disorder symptoms and adult functional social support. 
  • Cognitive impact of genetic variation of the serotonin transporter in primates is associated with differences in brain morphology rather than serotonin neurotransmission. 
  • Composite psychosocial risk based on the fear avoidance model in patients undergoing anterior cruciate ligament reconstruction: Cluster-based analysis. 
  • Conditional expression in corticothalamic efferents reveals a developmental role for nicotinic acetylcholine receptors in modulation of passive avoidance behavior. 
  • Cracking the almond (Commentary on Prévost et al.). 
  • Deficits in passive avoidance and fear behavior following bilateral and unilateral amygdala lesions in mice. 
  • Developmental exposure to low concentrations of two brominated flame retardants, BDE-47 and BDE-99, causes life-long behavioral alterations in zebrafish. 
  • Differential anxiogenic, aversive, and locomotor effects of THC in adolescent and adult rats. 
  • Dissociable roles for the basolateral amygdala and orbitofrontal cortex in decision-making under risk of punishment. 
  • Effect of sex on ethanol consumption and conditioned taste aversion in adolescent and adult rats. 
  • Effects of sub-chronic methylphenidate on risk-taking and sociability in zebrafish (Danio rerio). 
  • Efficient Screening for Fear of Movement in Outpatient Settings: Short Form and Computer Adaptive Tests for Fear Avoidance and Negative Pain Coping. 
  • Enhanced retention in the passive-avoidance task by 5-HT(1A) receptor blockade is not associated with increased activity of the central nucleus of the amygdala. 
  • Escitalopram in specific phobia: results of a placebo-controlled pilot trial. 
  • Ethanol inhibits spontaneous activity of central nucleus of the amygdala neurons but does not impair retention in the passive-avoidance task. 
  • Evaluation of beta-adrenergic influences on cardiovascular and metabolic adjustments to physical and psychological stress. 
  • Experiential avoidance as a mediator of the association between posttraumatic stress disorder symptoms and social support: A longitudinal analysis. 
  • Experimental avoidance as a mediator of the effects of adolescent sexual victimization on negative adult outcomes. 
  • Extracellular acetylcholine is increased in the nucleus accumbens following the presentation of an aversively conditioned taste stimulus. 
  • Fear of pain influences outcomes after exercise-induced delayed onset muscle soreness at the shoulder. 
  • Fear, avoidance and physiological symptoms during cognitive-behavioral therapy for social anxiety disorder. 
  • Fear-avoidance beliefs and temporal summation of evoked thermal pain influence self-report of disability in patients with chronic low back pain. 
  • Five-year-olds do not show ambiguity aversion in a risk and ambiguity task with physical objects. 
  • Genetic animal models of depression and ethanol preference provide support for cholinergic and serotonergic involvement in depression and alcoholism. 
  • Ghrelin enhances olfactory sensitivity and exploratory sniffing in rodents and humans. 
  • Human apoE targeted replacement mouse lines: h-apoE4 and h-apoE3 mice differ on spatial memory performance and avoidance behavior. 
  • Identifying psychosocial variables in patients with acute work-related low back pain: the importance of fear-avoidance beliefs. 
  • Impaired active avoidance responding in rats selectively bred for increased cholinergic function. 
  • Individual differences in cocaine conditioned taste aversion are developmentally stable and independent of locomotor effects of cocaine. 
  • Individual differences in insular sensitivity during loss anticipation predict avoidance learning. 
  • Information and states of motor readiness: their effects on the covariation of heart rate and energy expenditure. 
  • Investigating dynamic pain sensitivity in the context of the fear-avoidance model. 
  • Involvement of P311 in the affective, but not in the sensory component of pain. 
  • Is all motivation good for learning? Dissociable influences of approach and avoidance motivation in declarative memory. 
  • Isoflurane prevents learning deficiencies caused by brief hypoxia and hypotension in adult Sprague Dawley rats. 
  • Mammalian TRPV4 (VR-OAC) directs behavioral responses to osmotic and mechanical stimuli in Caenorhabditis elegans. 
  • Maudsley reactive and nonreactive rats differ only in some tasks reflecting emotionality. 
  • Mechanisms of oleoylethanolamide-induced changes in feeding behavior and motor activity. 
  • Middle-aged human apoE4 targeted-replacement mice show retention deficits on a wide range of spatial memory tasks. 
  • Modeling geriatric depression in animals: biochemical and behavioral effects of olfactory bulbectomy in young versus aged rats. 
  • Neurotoxicity of manganese chloride in neonatal and adult CD rats following subchronic (21-day) high-dose oral exposure. 
  • On the perpetuation of ignorance: system dependence, system justification, and the motivated avoidance of sociopolitical information. 
  • Outcomes of developmental exposure to total particulate matter from cigarette smoke in zebrafish (Danio rerio). 
  • Persistent and delayed behavioral changes after nicotine treatment in adolescent rats. 
  • Persistent behavioral effects following early life exposure to retinoic acid or valproic acid in zebrafish. 
  • Physical therapy utilization of graded exposure for patients with low back pain. 
  • Plasma oxytocin and vasopressin levels in young and older men and women: Functional relationships with attachment and cognition. 
  • Predictors of emotional numbing in posttraumatic stress disorder. 
  • Psychological predictors of recovery from low back pain: a prospective study. 
  • Psychometric Evaluation of the Optimal Screening for Prediction of Referral and Outcome Yellow Flag (OSPRO-YF) Tool: Factor Structure, Reliability, and Validity. 
  • Psychometric properties of the Fear-Avoidance Beliefs Questionnaire and Tampa Scale of Kinesiophobia in patients with shoulder pain. 
  • Regional brain catecholamines and memory: effects of footshock, amygdala implantation, and stimulation. 
  • Reinforcer devaluation abolishes conditioned cue preference: evidence for stimulus-stimulus associations. 
  • Reliability and relationship of the fear-avoidance beliefs questionnaire with the shoulder pain and disability index and numeric pain rating scale in patients with shoulder pain. 
  • Repeated Failure in Reward Pursuit Alters Innate Drosophila Larval Behaviors. 
  • Role of taste aversion in calcium channel inhibitor-induced suppression of saccharin and alcohol drinking in rats. 
  • Socioeconomic status influences the relationship between fear-avoidance beliefs work and disability. 
  • Soundscape of an Indo-Pacific humpback dolphin (Sousa chinensis) hotspot before windfarm construction in the Pearl River Estuary, China: Do dolphin engage in noise avoidance and passive eavesdropping behavior? 
  • Spatial proximity amplifies valence in emotional memory and defensive approach-avoidance. 
  • Strengths and limitations of morphological and behavioral analyses in detecting dopaminergic deficiency in Caenorhabditis elegans. 
  • Synergistic Interactions between Abeta, tau, and alpha-synuclein: acceleration of neuropathology and cognitive decline. 
  • TRPV channel-mediated calcium transients in nociceptor neurons are dispensable for avoidance behaviour. 
  • The Development of a Technology-Based Hierarchy to Assess Chronic Low Back Pain and Pain-Related Anxiety From a Fear-Avoidance Model. 
  • The applicability of inescapable shock as a source of animal depression. 
  • The centralization phenomenon and fear-avoidance beliefs as prognostic factors for acute low back pain: a preliminary investigation involving patients classified for specific exercise. 
  • The effect of a fear-avoidance-based physical therapy intervention for patients with acute low back pain: results of a randomized clinical trial. 
  • The impact of experiential avoidance on the reduction of depression in treatment for borderline personality disorder. 
  • The role of CNS glucagon-like peptide-1 (7-36) amide receptors in mediating the visceral illness effects of lithium chloride. 
  • The role of central glucagon-like peptide-1 in mediating the effects of visceral illness: differential effects in rats and mice. 
  • The role of fear-avoidance beliefs in acute low back pain: relationships with current and future disability and work status. 
  • Thought suppression mediates the relationship between negative mood and PTSD in sexually assaulted women. 
  • Unilateral conditioning of an odor aversion in 6-day-old rat pups. 
  • Unique Contributions of Body Diagram Scores and Psychosocial Factors to Pain Intensity and Disability in Patients With Musculoskeletal Pain. 
  • Variability in emotional responsiveness and coping style during active avoidance as a window onto psychological vulnerability to stress. 
  • WRP/srGAP3 facilitates the initiation of spine development by an inverse F-BAR domain, and its loss impairs long-term memory. 
  • Why do trauma survivors become depressed? Testing the behavioral model of depression in a nationally representative sample. 
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  Keywords of People

  • Brancu, Mira, Associate Professor in Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences, Psychiatry, Child & Family Mental Health & Community Psychiatry
  • Soderling, Scott Haydn, George Barth Geller Distinguished Professor of Molecular Biology, Cell Biology