A hippocampal Cdk5 pathway regulates extinction of contextual fear

Treatment of emotional disorders involves the promotion of extinction processes, which are defined as the learned reduction of fear. The molecular mechanisms underlying extinction have only begun to be elucidated. By employing genetic and pharmacological approaches in mice, we show here that extinct...

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Main Authors: Sananbenesi, Farahnaz (Contributor), Fischer, Andre (Contributor), Wang, Xinyu (Contributor), Schrick, Christina (Author), Neve, Rachael L. (Author), Radulovic, Jelena (Author), Tsai, Li-Huei (Contributor)
Other Authors: Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Department of Brain and Cognitive Sciences (Contributor), Picower Institute for Learning and Memory (Contributor)
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Nature Publishing Group, 2015-01-20T14:02:24Z.
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