Are fear memories erasable? -reconsolidation of learned fear with fear relevant and fearirrelevant stimuli

Frontiers in Behavioral Neuroscience

Volumn , Issue NOVEMBER 2012, 2012, Pages

  Golkar, Armita ^a   Bellander, Martin ^a   Olsson, Andreas ^a   Öhman, Arne ^a  

^a KAROLINSKA INSTITUTE   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Extinction; Fear learning; Fear relevant; FPS; Reconsolidation; SCR

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANXIETY; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTRODE; ELECTROMYOGRAM; FEAR; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MEMORY; MEMORY CONSOLIDATION; REINFORCEMENT; STARTLE REFLEX; STIMULUS RESPONSE;

EID: 84869049955     PISSN: 16625153     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3389/fnbeh.2012.00080     Document Type: Article

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