Auditory cortex is important in the extinction of two different tone-based conditioned fear memories in rats

Extensive fear extinction research is guided by the view that there are structures in the brain that develop inhibitory control over the expression of conditioned fear memories. While the medial prefrontal cortex has recently captured attention as the locus of plasticity essential for extinction of...

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Main Authors: Eun Young Song, Jeffrey A Boatman, Min W Jung, Jeansok J Kim
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Frontiers Media S.A. 2010-05-01
Series:Frontiers in Behavioral Neuroscience
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Online Access:http://journal.frontiersin.org/Journal/10.3389/fnbeh.2010.00024/full