Extinction Memory Is Impaired in Schizophrenia

Biological Psychiatry

Volumn 65, Issue 6, 2009, Pages 455-463

  Holt, Daphne J ^a,b   Lebron Milad, Kelimer ^a,b   Milad, Mohammed R ^a,b   Rauch, Scott L ^c   Pitman, Roger K ^a,b   Orr, Scott P ^a,b,d   Cassidy, Brittany S ^a   Walsh, Jared P ^a   Goff, Donald C ^a,b  

^a MASSACHUSETTS GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^c MCLEAN HOSPITAL   (United States)

^d Manchester VA Medical Center   (United States)

Author keywords

Conditioning; emotion; extinction; fear; memory; schizophrenia

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AROUSAL; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONDITIONING; CONTROLLED STUDY; DELUSION; DISEASE SEVERITY; ELECTRODERMAL RESPONSE; EMOTION; FEAR; FEMALE; HUMAN; LEARNING; MALE; MEMORY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECALL; REINFORCEMENT; SCHIZOPHRENIA; STIMULUS RESPONSE;

ADULT; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; CONDITIONING (PSYCHOLOGY); EXTINCTION, PSYCHOLOGICAL; FEAR; FEMALE; GALVANIC SKIN RESPONSE; HUMANS; MALE; MEMORY; SCHIZOPHRENIC PSYCHOLOGY;

EID: 60349113931     PISSN: 00063223     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.biopsych.2008.09.017     Document Type: Article

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