Amygdala-ventral striatum circuit activation decreases long-term fear
In humans, activation of the ventral striatum, a region associated with reward processing, is associated with the extinction of fear, a goal in the treatment of fear-related disorders. This evidence suggests that extinction of aversive memories engages reward-related circuits, but a causal relations...
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| Format: | Article |
| Language: | en_US |
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eLife Sciences Publications, Ltd.
2017
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| Online Access: | http://hdl.handle.net/1721.1/109903 https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4326-7720 |