Vagus nerve stimulation as a tool to induce plasticity in pathways relevant for extinction learning

Journal of Visualized Experiments

Volumn 2015, Issue 102, 2015, Pages

  Childs, Jessica E ^a   Alvarez Dieppa, Amanda C ^a   McIntyre, Christa K ^a   Kroener, Sven ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT DALLAS   (United States)

Author keywords

Amygdala; Anxiety; Behavior; Extinction learning; Fear conditioning; Neuroscience; Prefrontal cortex; Synaptic plasticity; Vagus nerve stimulation

Indexed keywords

AMYGDALOID NUCLEUS; ANIMAL; FEAR; HUMAN; NERVE CELL PLASTICITY; PHYSIOLOGY; PREFRONTAL CORTEX; PROCEDURES; RAT; REINFORCEMENT; VAGUS NERVE STIMULATION;

AMYGDALA; ANIMALS; EXTINCTION, PSYCHOLOGICAL; FEAR; HUMANS; NEURONAL PLASTICITY; PREFRONTAL CORTEX; RATS; VAGUS NERVE STIMULATION;

EID: 84941249007     PISSN: 1940087X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3791/53032     Document Type: Article

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