NMDA receptors and fear extinction: Implications for cognitive behavioral therapy

Dialogues in Clinical Neuroscience

Volumn 13, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 463-474

  Davis, Michael ^a  

^a EMORY UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Amygdala; D cycloserine; Learning; Memory; Psychotherapy

Indexed keywords

CYCLOSERINE; N METHYL DEXTRO ASPARTIC ACID RECEPTOR;

AMYGDALOID NUCLEUS; ANTICIPATION; ARTICLE; COGNITIVE THERAPY; CONDITIONING; DRUG TOLERANCE; FEAR; FEAR EXTINCTION; HUMAN; HUMIDITY; MEMORY; NERVE CELL PLASTICITY; NONHUMAN; OBSESSIVE COMPULSIVE DISORDER; PANIC; PREFRONTAL CORTEX; PSYCHOTHERAPY; SENSORY STIMULATION; SOCIAL PHOBIA; STIMULUS; TREATMENT CONTRAINDICATION; ANIMAL; ANXIETY DISORDER; DRUG EFFECT; DRUG POTENTIATION; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; REINFORCEMENT; REVIEW;

AMYGDALA; ANIMALS; ANXIETY DISORDERS; COGNITIVE THERAPY; CYCLOSERINE; EXTINCTION, PSYCHOLOGICAL; FEAR; HUMANS; RECEPTORS, N-METHYL-D-ASPARTATE;

EID: 84857660543     PISSN: 12948322     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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