Neural mechanisms of extinction learning and retrieval

Neuropsychopharmacology

Volumn 33, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 56-72

  Quirk, Gregory J ^a   Mueller, Devin ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PUERTO RICO SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Puerto Rico)

Author keywords

Amygdala; Bursting; Fear conditioning; Glutamate receptors; Infralimbic cortex; PTSD

Indexed keywords

2,3 DIHYDRO 5 METHYL 3 (MORPHOLINOMETHYL) 6 (1 NAPHTHOYL)PYRROLO[1,2,3 DE][1,4]BENZOXAZINE; AMPA RECEPTOR; CYCLOSERINE; DEXAMETHASONE; HYDROCORTISONE; METHYLENE BLUE; N (4 HYDROXYPHENYL)ARACHIDONAMIDE; SULPIRIDE; YOHIMBINE;

ACROPHOBIA; ADDICTION; AMYGDALOID NUCLEUS; ANXIETY DISORDER; APPETITE; ARACHNOPHOBIA; HIPPOCAMPUS; HUMAN; LEARNING; NONHUMAN; PERIAQUEDUCTAL GRAY MATTER; PHOBIA; PREFRONTAL CORTEX; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SOCIAL PHOBIA;

ANIMALS; BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL; BRAIN; EXTINCTION, PSYCHOLOGICAL; HUMANS; MENTAL RECALL; NEURONS;

EID: 36549089500     PISSN: 0893133X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/sj.npp.1301555     Document Type: Review

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