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The Role of the Medial Prefrontal Cortex in the Conditioning and Extinction of Fear

Once acquired, a fearful memory can persist for a lifetime. Although learned fear can be extinguished, extinction memories are fragile. The resilience of fear memories to extinction may contribute to the maintenance of disorders of fear and anxiety, including post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD). A...

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Published in:Front Behav Neurosci
Main Authors: Giustino, Thomas F., Maren, Stephen
Format: Artigo
Language:Inglês
Published: Frontiers Media S.A. 2015
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Online Access:https://ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4637424/
https://ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/26617500
https://ncbi.nlm.nih.govhttp://dx.doi.org/10.3389/fnbeh.2015.00298
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