brain structures, which are involved in the mediation of behavioral effects, related to the
repeated administration of glucocorticoids. The effects of acute and chronic pretreatment of
rats with two doses of corticosterone (5 and 20 mg/kg) were analyzed in two models of fear
responses: neophobia-like behavior in the open field test, and freezing reaction in the
conditioned fear test. Behavioral effects of repeated glucocorticoid administration were …