Think twice, it's all right: Long lasting effects of disrupted reconsolidation on brain and behavior in human long-term fear

Behavioural Brain Research

Volumn 324, Issue , 2017, Pages 125-129

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

^a UPPSALA UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^b KAROLINSKA INSTITUTE   (Sweden)

^c UPPSALA UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Amygdala; Approach behavior; Exposure therapy; Extinction; Reconsolidation disruption; Spider fear

Indexed keywords

AMYGDALA; ARTICLE; BEHAVIORAL SCIENCE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONDITIONING; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATIONAL STUDY; EXPOSURE; FEAR; HUMAN; MEMORY; NEUROIMAGING; PHOBIA; RECONSOLIDATION DISRUPTION; BRAIN MAPPING; CONDITIONED REFLEX; LONG TERM MEMORY; MEMORY CONSOLIDATION; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PHYSIOLOGY; REINFORCEMENT;

AMYGDALA; BRAIN MAPPING; CONDITIONING, CLASSICAL; EXTINCTION, PSYCHOLOGICAL; FEAR; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MEMORY CONSOLIDATION; MEMORY, LONG-TERM;

EID: 85013073282     PISSN: 01664328     EISSN: 18727549     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.bbr.2017.02.016     Document Type: Article

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