Altered activity of the medial prefrontal cortex and amygdala during acquisition and extinction of an active avoidance task

Altered medial prefrontal cortex (mPFC) and amygdala function is associated with anxiety-related disorders. While the mPFC-amygdala pathway has a clear role in fear conditioning, these structures are also involved in active avoidance. Given that avoidance perseveration represents a core symptom of a...

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Published in:Front Behav Neurosci
Main Authors: Jiao, Xilu, Beck, Kevin D., Myers, Catherine E., Servatius, Richard J., Pang, Kevin C. H.
Format: Artigo
Language:Inglês
Published: Frontiers Media S.A. 2015
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Neuroscience
Online Access:https://ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4569748/
https://ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/26441578
https://ncbi.nlm.nih.govhttp://dx.doi.org/10.3389/fnbeh.2015.00249
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