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Fear conditioning with optogenetics
From 2021 to 2025, 111 animal research papers mentioned optogenetics and fear conditioning in their title or abstract.
That is 2.8 times the 39 papers of 2011 to 2015. Between the same two periods, the papers that mention optogenetics and any of the 90 tests we count grew faster, to 4.0 times as many.
Papers by year
Animal research papers that mention optogenetics and fear conditioning, by year, 2001 to 2026
The 2026 bar counts papers added to PubMed by November 8, 2026.
- Papers in a full year
- 2026 so far
Show the counts for each year
| Year | Papers |
|---|---|
| 2001 | 0 |
| 2002 | 0 |
| 2003 | 0 |
| 2004 | 0 |
| 2005 | 0 |
| 2006 | 0 |
| 2007 | 0 |
| 2008 | 0 |
| 2009 | 0 |
| 2010 | 3 |
| 2011 | 2 |
| 2012 | 4 |
| 2013 | 6 |
| 2014 | 14 |
| 2015 | 13 |
| 2016 | 21 |
| 2017 | 16 |
| 2018 | 27 |
| 2019 | 18 |
| 2020 | 26 |
| 2021 | 31 |
| 2022 | 17 |
| 2023 | 22 |
| 2024 | 24 |
| 2025 | 17 |
| 2026 (part year) | 22 |
Which species the papers used
Each bar is a share of the 111 papers from 2021 to 2025. A paper can use more than one species, so the shares can add to more than 100%.
Species
“Other animals” counts papers that use none of the species this chart names.
Tests mentioned alongside fear conditioning
Each bar is one test, with how many of the 111 papers also mention it, and what share that is. Of these papers, 95 (86%) mention no other test.
The 12 tests these papers mention most
Which papers count
A paper counts here when it is animal research and its title or abstract mentions optogenetics and fear conditioning.
A paper that mentions either only in its methods is missed, so the count runs low. The search terms are in the list of models and techniques and the test list. The full method, with each source and its terms of use, is on our main page, Behavioral tests in published research.
More pairings
Every pairing of a brain technique and a test with 30 or more papers from 2021 to 2025 has a page like this one.
Other tests with optogenetics
Fear conditioning with animal models and other brain techniques
The page on fear conditioning counts all the papers that mention it, whatever they study. The page on optogenetics ranks the tests mentioned with it.
How to cite
APA
ConductScience. (2026, November 13). Fear conditioning with optogenetics [Data set]. https://conductscience.com/resources/data/brain-techniques/optogenetics/fear-conditioning
BibTeX
@misc{conductscience_optogenetics_fear_conditioning_2026,
author = {{ConductScience}},
title = {Fear conditioning with optogenetics},
year = {2026},
month = nov,
url = {https://conductscience.com/resources/data/brain-techniques/optogenetics/fear-conditioning},
note = {Data set, released November 13, 2026},
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