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Abstract
The Swiss sublines of Roman High-(RHA/Verh) and Low-(RLA/Verh) Avoidance rats have been genetically selected (and outbred) since 1972 because of their good versus extremely poor acquisition of two-way, active avoidance. Inbred strains (RHA-I and RLA-I), derived from those two lines, have been maintained at our laboratory since 1997. The RLA line/strain shows increased stress-induced endocrine responses and enhanced anxiety/fearfulness in a variety of unconditioned behavioural variables and tests. Thus far, however, the Roman rat strains have not been compared in procedures involving classical fear conditioning to cues or contexts. Therefore, the present work was aimed at comparing RHA-I and RLA-I rats in 1) two different procedures of fear-potentiated startle and 2) in a classical fear conditioning (i.e., conditioned freezing) paradigm. The results indicate that, compared to RHA-I rats, RLA-I animals display higher levels of conditioned fear (as measured either by startle responses or freezing behavior) across those different tasks.
Las cepas de ratas Roman de alta y baja evitación difieren en respuesta de sobresalto potenciada por miedo y en condicionamiento clásico aversivo. Las sublíneas suizas de ratas Romanas «High»-(RHA/Verh) y «Low»-(RLA/Verh) «Avoidance» han sido seleccionadas genéticamente, desde 1972, en función de su excelente (RHA) o extremadamente pobre adquisición de la tarea de evitación activa en dos sentidos. Cepas consanguíneas (RHA-I y RLA-I), derivadas de las dos líneas anteriores, se mantienen en nuestro laboratorio desde 1997. En comparación con la cepa RHA-I, la cepa RLA-I muestra incrementos en las respuestas hormonales al estrés, así como en conductas de ansiedad/miedo en una variedad de pruebas y variables conductuales incondicionadas. Hasta la fecha, las cepas de ratas Romanas no han sido comparadas en procedimientos de condicionamiento clásico de miedo a contextos o estímulos discretos. El presente trabajo tuvo como objetivo comparar ambas en 1) dos procedimientos de medida de la respuesta de sobresalto potenciada por miedo; y, 2) en un procedimiento de condicionamiento clásico de miedo (petrificación condicionada). Los resultados indican que las ratas RLA-I muestran niveles mayores de condicionamiento de miedo (respuesta de sobresalto y respuesta de petrificación) que las RHA-I, reforzando así los perfiles diferenciales de ansiedad/miedo de las dos cepas.
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