Main Interest

The work of our lab has been focused on the neural systems underlying the expression of defensive behavior. To approach this issue we have set up unconditioned and conditioned fear paradigms normally used in animal models of anxiety. By the use of appropriate pharmacological tools it is the purpose of this laboratory to further investigate general principles that regulate the processing of sensory information and the behavioral output during fearful situation as well as the neurochemical mechanisms underlying the defensive responses associated with fear and anxiety.