Disrupting Reconsolidation Attenuates Long-Term Fear Memory in the Human Amygdala and Facilitates Approach Behavior

Current Biology

Volumn 26, Issue 19, 2016, Pages 2690-2695

  Björkstrand, Johannes ^a   Agren, Thomas ^a   Åhs, Fredrik ^a,b   Frick, Andreas ^a   Larsson, Elna Marie ^a   Hjorth, Olof ^a   Furmark, Tomas ^a   Fredrikson, Mats ^a,b  

^a UPPSALA UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^b KAROLINSKA INSTITUTE   (Sweden)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AMYGDALA; ANIMAL; DECISION MAKING; FEAR; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MEMORY CONSOLIDATION; PHYSIOLOGY; PSYCHOLOGY; SPIDER; YOUNG ADULT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AMYGDALA; ANIMALS; CHOICE BEHAVIOR; FEAR; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MEMORY CONSOLIDATION; SPIDERS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84992195271     PISSN: 09609822     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.cub.2016.08.022     Document Type: Article

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