Reconsolidation of Pavlovian Conditioned Defense Responses in the Amygdala

Memory Reconsolidation

Volumn , Issue , 2013, Pages 69-79

  Dębiec, Jacek ^a   LeDoux, Joseph E ^b,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

^b NEW YORK UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c NATHAN S KLINE INSTITUTE FOR PSYCHIATRIC RESEARCH   (United States)

Author keywords

amygdala; consolidation; emotion; extinction; fear; memory; reconsolidation

Indexed keywords

EID: 84882711693     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1016/B978-0-12-386892-3.00004-4     Document Type: Chapter

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