Role of NMDA receptors and MAP kinase in the amygdala in extinction of fear: clinical implications for exposure therapy*
- 23 August 2002
- journal article
- review article
- Published by Wiley in European Journal of Neuroscience
- Vol. 16 (3) , 395-398
- https://doi.org/10.1046/j.1460-9568.2002.02138.x
Abstract
Infusions into the amygdala (a brain area essential for excitatory fear conditioning) of either NMDA receptor antagonists or inhibitors of the NMDA receptor‐linked mitogen activated protein kinase ca...Keywords
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