Nature and causes of the immediate extinction deficit: A brief review

Neurobiology of Learning and Memory

Volumn 113, Issue , 2014, Pages 19-24

  Maren, Stephen ^a  

^a TEXAS A AND M UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Extinction; Fear conditioning; Freezing; Human; Rat; Spontaneous recovery; Time

Indexed keywords

BRAIN CORTEX; BRAIN FUNCTION; CONDITIONING; FEAR; HABITUATION; HUMAN; MEMORY; MEMORY CONSOLIDATION; MENTAL STRESS; NEUROBIOLOGY; NONHUMAN; REINFORCEMENT; REVIEW; SHOCK; STARTLE REFLEX; ANIMAL; CONDITIONED REFLEX; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; PREFRONTAL CORTEX;

ANIMALS; CONDITIONING, CLASSICAL; EXTINCTION, PSYCHOLOGICAL; FEAR; HUMANS; PREFRONTAL CORTEX;

EID: 84902009730     PISSN: 10747427     EISSN: 10959564     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.nlm.2013.10.012     Document Type: Review

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