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ReviewNeuroscience and biobehavioral reviews2021

Environmental certainty influences the neural systems regulating responses to threat and stress.

Heidi C Meyer, Susan Sangha, Jason J Radley, Ryan T LaLumiere, Michael V Baratta

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Review in Neuroscience and biobehavioral reviews, 2021. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 5 papers.

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5 citing papers in PubMed.

  1. Prefrontal contribution to passive coping behaviour in chronic stress and treatment by fast-acting antidepressant.Neuropsychopharmacology : official publication of the American College of Neuropsychopharmacology · 2026
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5 · Who and what money

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5 authors.

Heidi C MeyerDepartment of Psychological and Brain Sciences, Boston University, Boston, MA, 02215, USA. Electronic address: hcmeyer@bu.edu.
Susan SanghaDepartment of Psychological Sciences, Purdue University, West Lafayette, IN, 47907, USA. Electronic address: sangha@purdue.edu.
Jason J RadleyDepartment of Psychological and Brain Sciences, University of Iowa, Iowa City, IA, 52242, USA. Electronic address: radley@uiowa.edu.
Ryan T LaLumiereDepartment of Psychological and Brain Sciences, University of Iowa, Iowa City, IA, 52242, USA. Electronic address: ryan-lalumiere@uiowa.edu.
Michael V BarattaDepartment of Psychology and Neuroscience, University of Colorado Boulder, Boulder, CO, 80301, USA. Electronic address: michael.baratta@colorado.edu.

Funding

Stressor Controllability: The Role of the mPFC in Producing ResiliencyR01MH050479 · NIMH · UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO AT BOULDER · PI MICHAEL V BARATTA, STEVEN F MAIER · 1993 to 2026
$7.9M
Neural circuitry of safety, fear and reward cue discriminationR01MH110425 · NIMH · PURDUE UNIVERSITY · PI Susan Sangha · 2018 to 2026
$3.8M
Neural Pathways Modulating Memory ConsolidationR01MH104384 · NIMH · UNIVERSITY OF IOWA · PI LALUMIERE, RYAN T, MCINTYRE, CHRISTA · 2015 to 2019
$1.9M
Neural Circuit Basis of Maladaptive Endocrine and Behavioral Responses Following Chronic StressR01MH119106 · NIMH · UNIVERSITY OF IOWA · PI RADLEY, JASON J · 2019 to 2022
$1.9M
Behavioral control recruits prefrontal circuits that modulate conditioned fearR21MH116353 · NIMH · UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO · PI BARATTA, MICHAEL V, MAIER, STEVEN F · 2019 to 2020
$424k
Mitochondrial AKAP1 signaling in chronic stress-induced prefrontal structural & functional plasticityR21MH115673 · NIMH · UNIVERSITY OF IOWA · PI RADLEY, JASON J, STRACK, STEFAN · 2018 to 2019
$419k
Developmental engagement of neural circuitry underlying safety learningK99MH119320 · NIMH · WEILL MEDICAL COLL OF CORNELL UNIV · PI MEYER, HEIDI CATHERINE · 2019 to 2020
$174k
NIMH NIH HHS K99 MH119320NIMH NIH HHS R01 MH050479NIMH NIH HHS R01 MH104384NIMH NIH HHS R01 MH110425NIMH NIH HHS R01 MH119106NIMH NIH HHS R21 MH115673NIMH NIH HHS R21 MH116353
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Flexible calibration of threat responding in accordance with the environment is an adaptive process that allows an animal to avoid harm while also maintaining engagement of other goal-directed actions. This calibration process, referred to as threat response regulation, requires an animal to calculate the probability that a given encounter will result in a threat so they can respond accordingly. Here we review the neural correlates of two highly studied forms of threat response suppression: extinction and safety conditioning. We focus on how relative levels of certainty or uncertainty in the surrounding environment alter the acquisition and application of these processes. We also discuss evidence indicating altered threat response regulation following stress exposure, including enhanced fear conditioning, and disrupted extinction and safety conditioning. To conclude, we discuss research using an animal model of coping that examines the impact of stressor controllability on threat responding, highlighting the potential for previous experiences with control, or other forms of coping, to protect against the effects of future adversity.

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Conditioning, ClassicalFearAdaptation, PsychologicalAnimalsDisease Models, AnimalExtinction, PsychologicalUncertaintyControllabilityNeural circuitsPredictabilitySafetyStressThreat

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PMID34673111
PMCPMC8642312

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