The role of hippocampal spatial representations in contextualization and generalization of fear

The role of hippocampal spatial representations in contextualization and generalization of fear

Using contextual information to predict aversive events is a critical ability that protects from generalizing fear responses to safe contexts. Animal models have demonstrated the importance of spatial context representations within the hippocampal formation in contextualization of fear learning. The...

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Main Authors: Lycia D. de Voogd, Yannick P.J. Murray, Ramona M. Barte, Anouk van der Heide, Guillén Fernández, Christian F. Doeller, Erno J. Hermans
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Elsevier 2020-02-01
Series:NeuroImage
Subjects:
Pavlovian fear conditioning
Contextual conditioning
Virtual reality
Hippocampus
Ventromedial prefrontal cortex (vmPFC)
BOLD-fMRI
Online Access:http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S1053811919308997

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