Sleep promotes generalization of extinction of conditioned fear

Sleep

Volumn 32, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 19-26

  Pace Schott, Edward F ^a,b   Milad, Mohammed R ^b   Orr, Scott P ^b,c   Rauch, Scott L ^d   Stickgold, Robert ^a   Pitman, Roger K ^b  

^a HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^b MASSACHUSETTS GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

^c Manchester VA Medical Center   (United States)

^d MCLEAN HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

Emotional memory; Extinction; Fear conditioning; Generalization; Human

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CONDITIONING; CONTROL GROUP; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTRODERMAL RESPONSE; FEAR; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; HYPOTHESIS; MALE; NONHUMAN; NORMAL HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REM SLEEP DEPRIVATION; SLEEP; UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL; WAKEFULNESS; ADOLESCENT; AROUSAL; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONDITIONED REFLEX; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; ELECTRIC SHOCK; LEARNING; RECALL; REINFORCEMENT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AROUSAL; ASSOCIATION LEARNING; CONDITIONING, CLASSICAL; ELECTROSHOCK; EXTINCTION, PSYCHOLOGICAL; FEAR; FEMALE; GALVANIC SKIN RESPONSE; GENERALIZATION, STIMULUS; HUMANS; MALE; MENTAL RECALL; SLEEP; WAKEFULNESS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 61549103782     PISSN: 01618105     EISSN: 15509109     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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