Noradrenergic stimulation modulates activation of extinction-related brain regions and enhances contextual extinction learning without affecting renewal

Frontiers in Behavioral Neuroscience

Volumn 9, Issue FEB, 2015, Pages

  Lissek, Silke ^a   Glaubitz, Benjamin ^a   Güntürkün, Onur ^b   Tegenthofl, Martin ^a  

^a RUHR UNIVERSITY BOCHUM   (Germany)

^b RUHR UNIVERSITY BOCHUM   (Germany)

Author keywords

Atomoxetine; Contextual extinction learning; fMRI; Noradrenaline; Renewal effect

Indexed keywords

ATOMOXETINE;

ADULT; ANATOMICAL VARIATION; ANTERIOR CINGULATE; ARTICLE; ASSOCIATION; BRAIN DEPTH STIMULATION; BRAIN FUNCTION; BRAIN REGION; CONTEXTUAL EXTINCTION LEARNING; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; FUNCTIONAL MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; FUNCTIONAL NEUROIMAGING; HIPPOCAMPUS; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; INSULA; LEARNING; MALE; MENTAL PERFORMANCE; NEUROANATOMY; NEUROMODULATION; NEUROPHYSIOLOGY; NORADRENERGIC SYSTEM; NORMAL HUMAN; REINFORCEMENT; SEX DIFFERENCE; VENTROMEDIAL PREFRONTAL CORTEX;

EID: 84923223572     PISSN: 16625153     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3389/fnbeh.2015.00034     Document Type: Article

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