The Role of the Amygdala in the Extinction of Conditioned Fear

Biological Psychiatry

Volumn 60, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 322-328

  Barad, Mark ^a   Gean, Po Wu ^b   Lutz, Beat ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b NATIONAL CHENG KUNG UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^c JOHANNES GUTENBERG UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

Author keywords

amygdala; calcineurin; endocannabinoid; extinction; Fear; L type voltage gated calcium channels

Indexed keywords

1,4 DIHYDRO 2,6 DIMETHYL 5 NITRO 4 [2 (TRIFLUOROMETHYL)PHENYL] 3 PYRIDINECARBOXYLIC ACID METHYL ESTER; 4 AMINOBUTYRIC ACID RECEPTOR BLOCKING AGENT; ANISOMYCIN; BENZODIAZEPIN 2 ONE DERIVATIVE; CALCIUM CHANNEL BLOCKING AGENT; CANNABINOID RECEPTOR ANTAGONIST; CYCLOSERINE; ENDOCANNABINOID; GEPHYRIN; GLUCOCORTICOID RECEPTOR ANTAGONIST; N METHYL DEXTRO ASPARTIC ACID RECEPTOR; N METHYL DEXTRO ASPARTIC ACID RECEPTOR BLOCKING AGENT; NIMODIPINE; RIMONABANT; VOLTAGE GATED CALCIUM CHANNEL;

AMYGDALOID NUCLEUS; BRAIN SLICE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONDITIONING; DRUG MECHANISM; DRUG POTENTIATION; ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; FEAR; HUMAN; IN VITRO STUDY; LEARNING; MEMORY; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECEPTOR BLOCKING; REINFORCEMENT; REVIEW; SYNAPSE;

AMYGDALA; ANIMALS; CALCIUM CHANNELS; CONDITIONING, CLASSICAL; ENDOCANNABINOIDS; EXTINCTION, PSYCHOLOGICAL; FEAR; RECEPTORS, N-METHYL-D-ASPARTATE;

EID: 33747066840     PISSN: 00063223     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.biopsych.2006.05.029     Document Type: Review

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