Learning-induced changes in mpfc-bla connections after fear conditioning, extinction, and reinstatement of fear

Neuropsychopharmacology

Volumn 36, Issue 11, 2011, Pages 2276-2285

  Vouimba, Rose Marie ^a   Maroun, Mouna ^b  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DE BORDEAUX   (France)

^b UNIVERSITY OF HAIFA   (Israel)

Author keywords

BLA; extinction; Fear; mPFC; reinstatement

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; BASOLATERAL AMYGDALA; CONDITIONING; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTRIC POTENTIAL; EVOKED RESPONSE; EXPERIENTIAL LEARNING; FEAR; MALE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; REINFORCEMENT; VENTROMEDIAL PREFRONTAL CORTEX;

AMYGDALA; ANIMALS; CONDITIONING (PSYCHOLOGY); EXTINCTION, PSYCHOLOGICAL; FEAR; LEARNING; MALE; NEURAL PATHWAYS; PREFRONTAL CORTEX; RANDOM ALLOCATION; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY;

EID: 80052754085     PISSN: 0893133X     EISSN: 1740634X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/npp.2011.115     Document Type: Article

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