Extinction is not a sufficient condition to prevent fear memories from undergoing reconsolidation in the basolateral amygdala

European Journal of Neuroscience

Volumn 24, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 249-260

  Duvarci, Sevil ^a   Ben Mamou, Cyrinne ^b   Nader, Karim ^b  

^a NEW YORK UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Amygdala; Extinction; Fear conditioning; Plasticity; Reconsolidation

Indexed keywords

AMYGDALOID NUCLEUS; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; EXPERIMENTAL DESIGN; FEAR; MALE; MEMORY; MEMORY CONSOLIDATION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN SYNTHESIS INHIBITION; RAT; REINFORCEMENT;

ACOUSTIC STIMULATION; AMYGDALA; ANIMALS; ANISOMYCIN; EXTINCTION, PSYCHOLOGICAL; FEAR; MALE; MEMORY; PROTEIN BIOSYNTHESIS; PROTEIN SYNTHESIS INHIBITORS; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY;

EID: 33745909175     PISSN: 0953816X     EISSN: 14609568     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1460-9568.2006.04907.x     Document Type: Article

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