Effects of sex and retention interval on the retrieval and extinction of auditory fear conditioning

Fear memory retrieval is relevant to psychiatric disorders such as post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD). One of the hallmark symptoms of PTSD is the repeated retrieval and re-experiencing of the initial fear memory even long after the traumatic event has occurred. Women are nearly twice as likely t...

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Main Authors: Hannah L. Schoenberg, Madeleine Blanchard, Han Yin Cheng, Neil E. Winterbauer, Donna J. Toufexis, Travis P. Todd
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Frontiers Media S.A. 2022-10-01
Series:Frontiers in Behavioral Neuroscience
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Online Access:https://www.frontiersin.org/articles/10.3389/fnbeh.2022.1011955/full