Medial prefrontal cortex: Multiple roles in fear and extinction

Neuroscientist

Volumn 19, Issue 4, 2013, Pages 370-383

  Maroun, Mouna ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HAIFA   (Israel)

Author keywords

anxiety; extinction; fear; high frequency stimulation; long term potentiation; medial prefrontal cortex; plasticity

Indexed keywords

2 (2 AMINO 3 METHOXYPHENYL)CHROMONE; 8 CHLORO 2,3,4,5 TETRAHYDRO 3 METHYL 5 PHENYL 1H 3 BENZAZEPIN 7 OL HYDROGEN MALEATE; DOPAMINE; DOPAMINE 1 RECEPTOR; N METHYL DEXTRO ASPARTIC ACID RECEPTOR; PROTEIN C FOS;

ANTERIOR CINGULATE; ANXIETY DISORDER; ATTENTION; COPING BEHAVIOR; ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; EXTINCTION; FEAR; GENE EXPRESSION; HUMAN; LABORATORY; LATERAL AMYGDALA; LEARNING; LIMBIC CORTEX; MORPHOLOGY; NONHUMAN; PLASTICITY; PREFRONTAL CORTEX; PRIMATE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; RISK FACTOR; STRESS;

ANXIETY; EXTINCTION; FEAR; HIGH FREQUENCY STIMULATION; LONG-TERM POTENTIATION; MEDIAL PREFRONTAL CORTEX; PLASTICITY;

AMYGDALA; ANIMALS; ELECTRIC STIMULATION; EXTINCTION, PSYCHOLOGICAL; FEAR; MICE; NEURONAL PLASTICITY; PREFRONTAL CORTEX; RATS; STRESS, PHYSIOLOGICAL;

EID: 84879974313     PISSN: 10738584     EISSN: 10894098     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1073858412464527     Document Type: Review

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