The extinction of conditioned fear: structural and molecular basis and therapeutic use A extinção do medo condicionado: bases estruturais e moleculares e utilização terapêutica

OBJECTIVE: Through association, a large variety of stimuli acquire the property of signaling pleasant or aversive events. Pictures of a wedding or of a plane disaster may serve as cues to recall these events and/or others of a similar nature or emotional tone. Presentation of the cues unassociated w...

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Main Authors: Martín Cammarota, Lia R M Bevilaqua, Mônica R M Vianna, Jorge H Medina, Iván Izquierdo
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Associação Brasileira de Psiquiatria (ABP) 2007-03-01
Series:Brazilian Journal of Psychiatry
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Online Access:http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S1516-44462007000100019