[HTML][HTML] Consolidation of fear extinction requires NMDA receptor-dependent bursting in the ventromedial prefrontal cortex

A Burgos-Robles, I Vidal-Gonzalez, E Santini, GJ Quirk - Neuron, 2007 - cell.com
Extinction of conditioned fear is an active learning process requiring N-methyl-D-aspartate
receptors (NMDARs), but the timing, location, and neural mechanisms of NMDAR-mediated …

Dissociable roles for the ventromedial prefrontal cortex and amygdala in fear extinction: NR2B contribution

F Sotres-Bayon, L Diaz-Mataix, DEA Bush… - Cerebral …, 2009 - academic.oup.com
Fear extinction, which involves learning to suppress the expression of previously learned
fear, requires N-methyl-D-aspartate receptors (NMDARs) and is mediated by the amygdala …

Acquisition of fear extinction requires activation of NR2B-containing NMDA receptors in the lateral amygdala

F Sotres-Bayon, DEA Bush, JE LeDoux - Neuropsychopharmacology, 2007 - nature.com
N-methyl-D-aspartate receptors (NMDARs) contribute to synaptic plasticity underlying
learning in a variety of brain systems. Fear extinction, which involves learning to suppress …

The basolateral amygdala is necessary for learning but not relearning extinction of context conditioned fear

V Laurent, AR Marchand, RF Westbrook - Learning & memory, 2008 - learnmem.cshlp.org
Extinction of conditioned fear involves new learning that inhibits but does not eliminate the
original fear memory. This inhibitory learning is thought to require activation of NMDA …

Distinct contributions of the basolateral amygdala and the medial prefrontal cortex to learning and relearning extinction of context conditioned fear

V Laurent, RF Westbrook - Learning & Memory, 2008 - learnmem.cshlp.org
We studied the roles of the basolateral amygdala (BLA) and the medial prefrontal cortex
(mPFC) in learning and relearning to inhibit context conditioned fear (freezing) in extinction …

Dopamine-dependent prefrontal reactivations explain long-term benefit of fear extinction

AMV Gerlicher, O Tüscher, R Kalisch - Nature communications, 2018 - nature.com
Fear extinction does not prevent post-traumatic stress or have long-term therapeutic benefits
in fear-related disorders unless extinction memories are easily retrieved at later encounters …

Consolidation of fear extinction requires protein synthesis in the medial prefrontal cortex

E Santini, H Ge, K Ren, SP de Ortiz… - Journal of …, 2004 - Soc Neuroscience
Extinction of conditioned fear is thought to form a long-term memory of safety, but the neural
mechanisms are poorly understood. Consolidation of extinction learning in other paradigms …

Prefrontal inputs to the amygdala instruct fear extinction memory formation

O Bukalo, CR Pinard, S Silverstein, C Brehm… - Science …, 2015 - science.org
Persistent anxiety after a psychological trauma is a hallmark of many anxiety disorders.
However, the neural circuits mediating the extinction of traumatic fear memories remain …

Recalling safety: cooperative functions of the ventromedial prefrontal cortex and the hippocampus in extinction

KA Corcoran, GJ Quirk - CNS spectrums, 2007 - cambridge.org
Anxiety disorders are commonly treated with exposure-based therapies that rely on
extinction of conditioned fear. Persistent fear and anxiety following exposure therapy could …

Reorganization of learning-associated prefrontal synaptic plasticity between the recall of recent and remote fear extinction memory

S Hugues, R Garcia - Learning & memory, 2007 - learnmem.cshlp.org
We have previously shown that fear extinction is accompanied by an increase of synaptic
efficacy in inputs from the ventral hippocampus (vHPC) and mediodorsal thalamus (MD) to …