«The interaction between fkbp5 and dexamethasone could enable us to
enhance fear extinction,» says Isaac Galatzer - Levy, PhD, a research assistant professor in the Department of Psychiatry at NYU Langone and its Steven and Alexandra Cohen Veterans Center, and the lead investigator on the study.
The implication of these findings is that μ - opioids are involved in reducing conditioned fear responses and
enhancing fear extinction or learned safety.
Not exact matches
Thus, blocking endogenous μ - opioid neurotransmission
enhances the acquisition of conditioned
fear (43) and impairs the acquisition of
extinction or learned safety (44 — 46).