Gabriela Cristiane Mendes Gomes

Post-consolidation treadmill exercise modulates the expression of defensive responses to persistent fear memories in female, but not in male rats.

While physical exercise (PE) acts as a modulator of memory acquisition, its influence on the persistence of consolidated fear memories remains paradoxical in the literature. This divergence suggests that PE can either strengthen or attenuate the original mnemonic trace, as this effect may be conditioned by the initial...