«Study expands understanding of how the brain
encodes fear memory: Study could lead to novel therapeutics aimed at reducing pathological fear in PTSD.»
Not exact matches
«This study, done using a mouse model, expands our understanding of how associative
fear memory for a relevant context is
encoded in the brain,» said Cho, the lead author of the study and a member of the UCR School of Medicine's Center for Glial - Neuronal Interactions, «and could inform the development of novel therapeutics to reduce pathological
fear in PTSD.»
Luchkina is working on determining how neuronal synaptic and circuit - level mechanisms
encode fear and extinction
memories, and Missig is researching the mechanisms of how autoimmune - related inflammation during pregnancy may be associated with autism spectrum disorders.
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Fear triggers a survival response that uses up cognitive resources, so the emotion can impair
memory encoding,» he says.