NMDA receptors and fear extinction: implications for cognitive behavioral therapy
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- 31 December 2011
- journal article
- review article
- Published by Taylor & Francis in Dialogues in clinical neuroscience
- Vol. 13 (4) , 463-474
Abstract
Based primarily on studies that employ Pavlovian fear conditioning, extinction of conditioned fear has been found to be mediated by N-methyi-D-aspartate (NMDA) receptors in the amygdala and medial prefrontal cortex. This led to the discovery that an NMDA partial agonist, D-cycloserine, could facilit …Keywords
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