Functional Compartmentalization of the Contribution of Hippocampal Subfields to Context-Dependent Extinction Learning

During extinction learning (EL), an individual learns that a previously learned behavior no longer fulfills its original purpose, or is no longer relevant. Recent studies have contradicted earlier theories that EL comprises forgetting, or the inhibition of the previously learned behavior, and indica...

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Main Authors: Marta Méndez-Couz, Jana M. Becker, Denise Manahan-Vaughan
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Frontiers Media S.A. 2019-11-01
Series:Frontiers in Behavioral Neuroscience
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Online Access:https://www.frontiersin.org/article/10.3389/fnbeh.2019.00256/full