The Amygdala, Fear and Reconsolidation : Neural and Behavioral Effects of Retrieval-Extinction in Fear Conditioning and Spider Phobia
The amygdala is crucially involved in the acquisition and retention of fear memories. Experimental research on fear conditioning has shown that memory retrieval shortly followed by pharmacological manipulations or extinction, thereby interfering with memory reconsolidation, decreases later fear expr...
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| Format: | Doctoral Thesis |
| Language: | English |
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Uppsala universitet, Institutionen för psykologi
2017
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| Online Access: | http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:uu:diva-317866 http://nbn-resolving.de/urn:isbn:978-91-554-9863-4 |