False Opposing Fear Memories Are Produced as a Function of the Hippocampal Sector Where Glucocorticoid Receptors Are Activated

Injection of corticosterone (CORT) in the dorsal hippocampus (DH) can mimic post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD)—related memory in mice: both maladaptive hypermnesia for a salient but irrelevant simple cue and amnesia for the traumatic context. However, accumulated evidence indicates a functional d...

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Main Authors: Nadia Kaouane, Eva-Gunnel Ducourneau, Aline Marighetto, Menahem Segal, Aline Desmedt
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Frontiers Media S.A. 2020-08-01
Series:Frontiers in Behavioral Neuroscience
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Online Access:https://www.frontiersin.org/article/10.3389/fnbeh.2020.00144/full