Prefrontal high-frequency stimulation prevents sub-conditioning procedure-provoked, but not acute stress-provoked, reemergence of extinguished fear

Neurobiology of Learning and Memory

Volumn 101, Issue , 2013, Pages 33-38

  Zheng, Xigeng ^a   Deschaux, Olivier ^b,c   Lavigne, Jennifer ^c   Nachon, Ophélie ^b   Cleren, Carine ^d   Moreau, Jean Luc ^e   Garcia, René ^b,c  

^a INSTITUTE OF PSYCHOLOGY   (China)

^b AIX MARSEILLE UNIVERSITY   (France)

^c UNIVERSITÉ CÔTE D'AZUR   (France)

^d UNIVERSITÉ DE ROUEN   (France)

^e F HOFFMANN LA ROCHE LTD   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Conditioned freezing; Fear extinction and return; Medial prefrontal cortex; Prefrontal electrical stimulation; Rats

Indexed keywords

ACUTE STRESS; ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; AUDITORY STIMULATION; BRAIN DEPTH STIMULATION; BRAIN REGION; CONTROLLED STUDY; EVOKED RESPONSE; FEAR; HIGH FREQUENCY STIMULATION; INSTRUMENTAL CONDITIONING; MALE; MEDIAL PREFRONTAL CORTEX; MEMORY CONSOLIDATION; NONHUMAN; PREFRONTAL CORTEX; RAT; RESPONSE TIME; STIMULUS RESPONSE;

ANIMALS; CONDITIONING, CLASSICAL; ELECTRIC STIMULATION; EXTINCTION, PSYCHOLOGICAL; FEAR; FREEZING REACTION, CATALEPTIC; MALE; PREFRONTAL CORTEX; RATS; RATS, WISTAR; STRESS, PSYCHOLOGICAL;

EID: 84873191292     PISSN: 10747427     EISSN: 10959564     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.nlm.2013.01.003     Document Type: Article

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