Design of a neurally plausible model of fear learning

A neurally oriented conceptual and computational model of fear conditioning ("Fraidy Rat" or FRAT) has been constructed that accounts for many aspects of delay and context conditioning. Conditioning and extinction are the result of neuromodulation-controlled LTP at synapses of th...

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Main Authors: Franklin B. Krasne, Michael eFanselow, Moriel eZelikowsky
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Frontiers Media S.A. 2011-07-01
Series:Frontiers in Behavioral Neuroscience
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Online Access:http://journal.frontiersin.org/Journal/10.3389/fnbeh.2011.00041/full