Impaired contextual modulation of memories in PTSD: An fMRI and psychophysiological study of extinction retention and fear renewal

Journal of Neuroscience

Volumn 34, Issue 40, 2014, Pages 13435-13443

  Garfinkel, Sarah N ^a,b   Abelson, James L ^a   King, Anthony P ^a   Sripada, Rebecca K ^a,c   Wang, Xin ^a   Gaines, Laura M ^a   Liberzon, Israel ^a,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN HEALTH SYSTEM   (United States)

^b BRIGHTON AND SUSSEX MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United Kingdom)

^c VETERANS AFFAIRS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Amygdala; Context; Fear conditioning; Hippocampus; Imaging; Memory

Indexed keywords

ADENYLATE CYCLASE; AMPA RECEPTOR; CYCLIC AMP DEPENDENT PROTEIN KINASE; CYCLIC AMP DEPENDENT PROTEIN KINASE ANCHORING PROTEIN; GLUTAMATE RECEPTOR 1; OXYGEN;

ADULT; ALLODYNIA; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BRAIN ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; CELL FRACTIONATION; CHROMATIN IMMUNOPRECIPITATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; GENE DELETION; GENE TRANSLOCATION; INSULA; MALE; MOUSE; NERVE INJURY; NERVE LIGATION; NEUROPATHIC PAIN; NOCICEPTION; NONHUMAN; PERONEUS NERVE; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN PHOSPHORYLATION; RADIOIMMUNOPRECIPITATION; SYNAPSE; SYNAPTIC TRANSMISSION; UPREGULATION; WESTERN BLOTTING; BLOOD; BRAIN; COMPLICATION; CONDITIONED REFLEX; ELECTRODERMAL RESPONSE; FEAR; GOVERNMENT; HUMAN; IMAGE PROCESSING; LONG TERM MEMORY; MEMORY DISORDERS; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PATHOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; POSTTRAUMATIC STRESS DISORDER; PSYCHOLOGY; PSYCHOPHYSIOLOGY; RECALL; REINFORCEMENT; UNITED STATES; VASCULARIZATION; WAR;

AFGHAN CAMPAIGN 2001-; BRAIN; CONDITIONING, CLASSICAL; EXTINCTION, PSYCHOLOGICAL; FEAR; GALVANIC SKIN RESPONSE; HUMANS; IMAGE PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; IRAQ WAR, 2003-2011; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; MEMORY DISORDERS; MENTAL RECALL; OXYGEN; PSYCHOPHYSIOLOGY; RETENTION (PSYCHOLOGY); STRESS DISORDERS, POST-TRAUMATIC; UNITED STATES; UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF VETERANS AFFAIRS;

EID: 84907480693     PISSN: 02706474     EISSN: 15292401     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1523/JNEUROSCI.4287-13.2014     Document Type: Article

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