Shifting from fear to safety through deconditioning-update

Aversive memories are at the heart of psychiatric disorders such as phobias and post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD). Here, we present a new behavioral approach in rats that robustly attenuates aversive memories. This method consists of ‘deconditioning’ animals previously trained to associate a ton...

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Main Authors: Bruno Popik, Felippe Espinelli Amorim, Olavo B Amaral, Lucas De Oliveira Alvares
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: eLife Sciences Publications Ltd 2020-01-01
Series:eLife
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Online Access:https://elifesciences.org/articles/51207