Evaluating an internet-delivered fear conditioning and extinction protocol using response times and affective ratings

Abstract Flashlight Holder Pavlovian fear conditioning is widely used to study mechanisms of fear learning, but high-throughput studies are hampered by the labor-intensive nature of examining participants in the lab.To circumvent this bottle-neck, fear conditioning tasks have been developed for remote delivery.Previous studies have examined remotel

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Acute retinol mobilization by retinol-binding protein 4 in mouse liver induces fibroblast growth factor 21 expression

Hepatocytes secrete retinol-binding protein 4 (RBP4) into circulation, thereby mobilizing vitamin A from the liver to provide retinol for extrahepatic tissues.Obesity and insulin resistance are associated with elevated RBP4 levels in the blood.However, in a previous study, we observed that chronically increased RBP4 by forced Rbp4 expression in the

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The Assessment and Management of Marine Pest Risks Posed by Shipping: The Australian and New Zealand Experience

Ships have been translocating species around the world for hundreds of years but attempts to Lockers understand and manage this issue date back only three decades.Here we review the assessment and management of risks from vessel biofouling and ballast water over this time period from an Australian and New Zealand perspective.We detail a history of

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