Enhanced extinction of aversive memories by high-frequency stimulation of the rat infralimbic cortex

PLoS ONE

Volumn 7, Issue 5, 2012, Pages

  Maroun, Mouna ^a   Kavushansky, Alexandra ^a   Holmes, Andrew ^b   Wellman, Cara ^c   Motanis, Helen ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HAIFA   (Israel)

^b NATIONAL INSTITUTE ON ALCOHOL ABUSE AND ALCOHOLISM   (United States)

^c INDIANA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; AVERSION; AVERSIVE MEMORY; CONDITIONING; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTROSTIMULATION; FEAR; FREEZING; HIGH FREQUENCY STIMULATION; LIMBIC CORTEX; MALE; MEMORY; MEMORY CONSOLIDATION; NONHUMAN; PREFRONTAL CORTEX; RAT; REINFORCEMENT; TASTE AVERSION; ANIMAL; BRAIN MAPPING; CONDITIONED REFLEX; PHYSIOLOGY; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; SPRAGUE DAWLEY RAT; WISTAR RAT;

RATTUS; RODENTIA;

ANIMALS; BRAIN MAPPING; CONDITIONING (PSYCHOLOGY); CONDITIONING, CLASSICAL; ELECTRIC STIMULATION; EXTINCTION, PSYCHOLOGICAL; FEAR; MALE; MEMORY; PREFRONTAL CORTEX; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY; RATS, WISTAR;

EID: 84860602165     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0035853     Document Type: Article

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