The influence of acute stress on the regulation of conditioned fear

Neurobiology of Stress

Volumn 1, Issue 1, 2015, Pages 134-146

  Raio, Candace M ^a   Phelps, Elizabeth A ^a,b  

^a NEW YORK UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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

Author keywords

Avoidance; Emotion regulation; Extinction; Reconsolidation; Stress; Threat

Indexed keywords

GLUCOCORTICOID; STRESS HORMONE;

ACUTE STRESS; AMYGDALOID NUCLEUS; ANXIETY; ANXIETY DISORDER; ARTICLE; AVOIDANCE BEHAVIOR; CHRONIC STRESS; COGNITION; EMOTIONALITY; FEAR; FEAR CONTROL; HUMAN; HYPOTHALAMUS HYPOPHYSIS ADRENAL SYSTEM; LEARNING; MEMORY CONSOLIDATION; MENTAL DISEASE; NONHUMAN; PHYSICAL STRESS; POSTTRAUMATIC STRESS DISORDER; PREFRONTAL CORTEX; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STRESS MANAGEMENT;

EID: 84921897676     PISSN: None     EISSN: 23522895     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ynstr.2014.11.004     Document Type: Review

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