Disruption of memory reconsolidation erases a fear memory trace in the human amygdala: An 18-month follow-up

PLoS ONE

Volumn 10, Issue 7, 2015, Pages

  Björkstrand, Johannes ^a   Agren, Thomas ^a   Frick, Andreas ^a   Engman, Jonas ^a   Larsson, Elna Marie ^a   Furmark, Tomas ^a   Fredrikson, Mats ^a,b  

^a UPPSALA UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^b KAROLINSKA INSTITUTE   (Sweden)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BASOLATERAL AMYGDALA; BEHAVIOR CHANGE; BRAIN FUNCTION; BRAIN NERVE CELL; BRAIN REGION; CELL ACTIVITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAM; FACIAL EXPRESSION; FEAR MEMORY TRACE; FOLLOW UP; FUNCTIONAL ASSESSMENT; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; IMAGE ANALYSIS; MEMORY; MEMORY CONSOLIDATION; MEMORY DISORDER; MEMORY RECONSOLIDATION; NEUROIMAGING; PREDICTION; AMYGDALA; BRAIN MAPPING; FEAR; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PHYSICAL STIMULATION; PHYSIOLOGY; SKIN;

AMYGDALA; BRAIN MAPPING; FEAR; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MEMORY; MEMORY DISORDERS; PHYSICAL STIMULATION; SKIN;

EID: 84938873408     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0129393     Document Type: Article

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