Noradrenergic enhancement of reconsolidation in the amygdala impairs extinction of conditioned fear in rats--a possible mechanism for the persistence of traumatic memories in PTSD.

Dębiec, Jacek

Noradrenergic enhancement of reconsolidation in the amygdala impairs extinction of conditioned fear in rats--a possible mechanism for the persistence of traumatic memories in PTSD. [electronic resource] - Depression and anxiety Mar 2011 - 186-93 p. digital

Publication Type: Journal Article; Research Support, N.I.H., Extramural; Research Support, U.S. Gov't, Non-P.H.S.

1520-6394

10.1002/da.20803 doi


Acoustic Stimulation
Adrenergic beta-Agonists--pharmacology
Adrenergic beta-Antagonists--pharmacology
Amygdala--drug effects
Animals
Conditioning, Classical--drug effects
Cues
Extinction, Psychological--drug effects
Fear--drug effects
Humans
Implosive Therapy
Isoproterenol--pharmacology
Male
Norepinephrine--physiology
Propranolol--pharmacology
Rats
Rats, Sprague-Dawley
Receptors, Adrenergic, beta--drug effects
Retention, Psychology--drug effects
Signal Transduction--physiology
Stress Disorders, Post-Traumatic--physiopathology