Neural correlates of and processes underlying generalized and differential return of fear

Social Cognitive and Affective Neuroscience

Volumn 11, Issue 4, 2016, Pages 612-620

  Scharfenort, Robert ^a   Lonsdorf, Tina B ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER HAMBURG EPPENDORF   (Germany)

Author keywords

Discrimination; FMRI; Generalization; Hippocampus; Reinstatement; VmPFC

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANXIETY DISORDER; AUTONOMIC NERVOUS SYSTEM; BRAIN; CONDITIONED REFLEX; FEAR; FEMALE; HIPPOCAMPUS; HUMAN; LEARNING; MALE; NERVE CELL NETWORK; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; PREFRONTAL CORTEX; PSYCHOLOGY; RECURRENT DISEASE; REINFORCEMENT; YOUNG ADULT;

ADULT; ANXIETY DISORDERS; AUTONOMIC NERVOUS SYSTEM; BRAIN; CONDITIONING, CLASSICAL; EXTINCTION, PSYCHOLOGICAL; FEAR; FEMALE; GENERALIZATION (PSYCHOLOGY); HIPPOCAMPUS; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; NERVE NET; PREFRONTAL CORTEX; RECURRENCE; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84963739437     PISSN: 17495016     EISSN: 17495024     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/scan/nsv142     Document Type: Article

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