From Pavlov to PTSD: The extinction of conditioned fear in rodents, humans, and anxiety disorders

Neurobiology of Learning and Memory

Volumn 113, Issue , 2014, Pages 3-18

  VanElzakker, Michael B ^a,b   Kathryn Dahlgren, M ^a,b   Caroline Davis, F ^b   Dubois, Stacey ^a   Shin, Lisa M ^a,b  

^a TUFTS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b MASSACHUSETTS GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

Amygdala; Anxiety; Fear conditioning; Fear extinction; Posttraumatic stress disorder; Prefrontal cortex; Treatment

Indexed keywords

BRAIN DERIVED NEUROTROPHIC FACTOR; CYCLOSERINE; ESCITALOPRAM; FLUOXETINE; HYDROCORTISONE; PLACEBO; SEROTONIN TRANSPORTER; TRYPTOPHAN HYDROXYLASE 2; VENLAFAXINE;

5 HTTPLR GENE; ANXIETY; ASSOCIATION; BDNF GENE; CENTRAL NUCLEUS (AMYGDALA); DISEASE SEVERITY; DOSE RESPONSE; DRUG EFFECT; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAM; FEAR; GENETIC ASSOCIATION; HUMAN; INSULA; LOW DRUG DOSE; MEMORY CONSOLIDATION; NEOCORTEX; NERVE CELL NETWORK; NERVE CELL PLASTICITY; NEUROIMAGING; NEUROMODULATION; NONHUMAN; POSTTRAUMATIC STRESS DISORDER; PSYCHOPHYSIOLOGY; RECALL; REINFORCEMENT; REVIEW; RODENT; SINGLE NUCLEOTIDE POLYMORPHISM; STARTLE REFLEX; TPH2 GENE; ANIMAL; ANXIETY DISORDERS; CONDITIONED REFLEX; GENETICS; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; STRESS DISORDERS, POST-TRAUMATIC;

ANIMALS; ANXIETY DISORDERS; CONDITIONING, CLASSICAL; EXTINCTION, PSYCHOLOGICAL; FEAR; HUMANS; STRESS DISORDERS, POST-TRAUMATIC;

EID: 84902076824     PISSN: 10747427     EISSN: 10959564     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.nlm.2013.11.014     Document Type: Review

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