Fear extinction involves creating a conditioned response that counters the conditioned fear response.
Not exact matches
As a follow - up, they have now tested the effects of antidepressant treatment on
extinction learning in rats using auditory
fear conditioning, a model of
fear learning that
involves the amygdala.
Galatzer - Levy analyzed data from large studies in humans and mice that
involved «
fear conditioning» and «
fear extinction,» during which subjects receive a mild aversive stimulus when exposed to a sound or light, and «
fear extinction learning,» during which conditioning is reversed by applying sound or light without the stimulus.
Specifically, the findings explain how a particular gene — called fkbp5 — is
involved in a phenomenon known as «
fear extinction,» through which animals and humans disassociate with fearful memories of a traumatic experience, such as war, assault or a natural disaster.
He aims to develop sets of targets for selective pharmacological manipulation of circuitries
involved in acquisition of
fear and
extinction learning.
The implication of these findings is that μ - opioids are
involved in reducing conditioned
fear responses and enhancing
fear extinction or learned safety.