New Findings on Extinction of Conditioned Fear Early in Development: Theoretical and Clinical Implications

Biological Psychiatry

Volumn 67, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 297-303

  Kim, Jee Hyun ^a   Richardson, Rick ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEW SOUTH WALES   (Australia)

Author keywords

Anxiety disorders; development; exposure therapy; extinction; fear

Indexed keywords

4 AMINOBUTYRIC ACID; DIZOCILPINE; MITOGEN ACTIVATED PROTEIN KINASE; N METHYL DEXTRO ASPARTIC ACID; NALOXONE; OPIATE; OPIATE RECEPTOR;

AMYGDALOID NUCLEUS; ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; BRAIN REGION; COGNITION; DEVELOPMENTAL STAGE; DISSOCIATION; ENZYME ACTIVATION; ENZYME PHOSPHORYLATION; EXPERIMENTAL MODEL; FEAR; GENE EXPRESSION; GENETIC TRANSCRIPTION; LONG TERM MEMORY; MOLECULAR MECHANICS; NERVE CELL; NERVE CELL NETWORK; NERVE CONDUCTION; NEUROBIOLOGY; NEUROMODULATION; NEUROTRANSMISSION; NEUROTRANSMITTER RELEASE; NONHUMAN; PREFRONTAL CORTEX; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REINFORCEMENT; REVIEW; STIMULUS RESPONSE;

AMYGDALA; ANALGESICS, OPIOID; ANIMALS; ANIMALS, NEWBORN; BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL; CONDITIONING (PSYCHOLOGY); EXTINCTION, PSYCHOLOGICAL; FEAR; HUMANS; N-METHYLASPARTATE; PREFRONTAL CORTEX; RATS;

EID: 74749097423     PISSN: 00063223     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.biopsych.2009.09.003     Document Type: Review

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