Extinction resistant changes in the human auditory association cortex following threat learning

Neurobiology of Learning and Memory

Volumn 113, Issue , 2014, Pages 109-114

  Apergis Schoute, Annemieke M ^a,b   Schiller, Daniela ^c   LeDoux, Joseph E ^d,e   Phelps, Elizabeth A ^d,e  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

^c MOUNT SINAI SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^d NEW YORK UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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

Author keywords

Auditory fear conditioning; Fear conditioning; Fear extinction

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; AUDITORY CORTEX; BOLD SIGNAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTRODERMAL RESPONSE; EVOKED AUDITORY RESPONSE; FEMALE; FUNCTIONAL MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; LEARNING; MALE; NERVE CELL PLASTICITY; NEUROIMAGING; NORMAL HUMAN; PSYCHOPHYSIOLOGY; REINFORCEMENT; THREAT; ADOLESCENT; AMYGDALOID NUCLEUS; CONDITIONED REFLEX; FEAR; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PHYSIOLOGY; TEMPORAL LOBE; YOUNG ADULT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AMYGDALA; CONDITIONING, CLASSICAL; EXTINCTION, PSYCHOLOGICAL; FEAR; FEMALE; GALVANIC SKIN RESPONSE; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; NEUROIMAGING; NEURONAL PLASTICITY; TEMPORAL LOBE; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84902073811     PISSN: 10747427     EISSN: 10959564     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.nlm.2014.01.016     Document Type: Article

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