Regulation of extinction-related plasticity by opioid receptors in the ventrolateral periaqueductal gray matter

Frontiers in Behavioral Neuroscience

Volumn 4, Issue AUG, 2010, Pages

  Parsons, Ryan G ^a   Gafford, Georgette M ^a   Helmstetter, Fred J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MILWAUKEE   (United States)

Author keywords

Amygdala; Extracellular signal related kinase; Fear extinction; Medial prefrontal cortex; Opioid receptors; Ventrolateral periaqueductal gray matter

Indexed keywords

EID: 79957553176     PISSN: 16625153     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3389/fnbeh.2010.00044     Document Type: Article

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