Learning and memory in conditioned fear extinction: Effects of d-cycloserine

Acta Psychologica

Volumn 127, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 601-613

  Vervliet, Bram ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LEUVEN   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Anxiety; d Cycloserine; Exposure; Extinction; Fear; Learning; Memory; Relapse

Indexed keywords

ANTIMETABOLITE; CYCLOSERINE;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; CONDITIONED REFLEX; DRUG EFFECT; FEAR; HUMAN; LEARNING; MEMORY; PHYSIOLOGY; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; RAT; REINFORCEMENT;

ANIMALS; ANTIMETABOLITES; CONDITIONING, CLASSICAL; CYCLOSERINE; EXTINCTION, PSYCHOLOGICAL; FEAR; HUMANS; LEARNING; MEMORY; RATS;

EID: 40649116135     PISSN: 00016918     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.actpsy.2007.07.001     Document Type: Article

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