Erasing fear memories with extinction training

Journal of Neuroscience

Volumn 30, Issue 45, 2010, Pages 14993-14997

  Quirk, Gregory J ^a   Paré, Denis ^b   Richardson, Rick ^c   Herry, Cyril ^d   Monfils, Marie H ^e   Schiller, Daniela ^f   Vicentic, Aleksandra ^g  

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

^b RUTGERS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF NEW SOUTH WALES   (Australia)

^d INSTITUT FRANÇOIS MAGENDIE   (France)

^e UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT AUSTIN   (United States)

^f NEW YORK UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^g NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF MENTAL HEALTH   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CYCLOSERINE; DIZOCILPINE;

AMYGDALOID NUCLEUS; ANXIETY DISORDER; CONFERENCE PAPER; FEAR; HUMAN; MEMORY; NONHUMAN; POSTTRAUMATIC STRESS DISORDER; PREFRONTAL CORTEX; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REINFORCEMENT; SENSORIMOTOR FUNCTION; SOCIAL PHOBIA; VISUAL CORTEX;

AMYGDALA; ANIMALS; BEHAVIOR THERAPY; CONDITIONING, CLASSICAL; EXTINCTION, PSYCHOLOGICAL; FEAR; MEMORY; RATS;

EID: 78149481093     PISSN: 02706474     EISSN: 15292401     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1523/JNEUROSCI.4268-10.2010     Document Type: Conference Paper

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