Extinction articles within Nature

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• Article | 26 May 2021

  Intercalated amygdala clusters orchestrate a switch in fear state

  Distinct clusters of inhibitory neurons in the mouse amygdala perform opposing roles in fear extinction.

  • Kenta M. Hagihara
  • , Olena Bukalo
  •  & Andrew Holmes

• Article | 13 February 2019

  Neural circuits underlying a psychotherapeutic regimen for fear disorders

  Bilateral sensory stimulation, which is used to treat post-traumatic stress disorder in humans, alleviates fear memory in mice through a circuit involving the superior colliculus and the medial thalamus.

  • Jinhee Baek
  • , Sukchan Lee
  •  & Hee-Sup Shin

• Letter | 19 February 2012

  Opposite effects of fear conditioning and extinction on dendritic spine remodelling

  In mouse frontal cortex, fear conditioning and extinction cause dendritic spine elimination and, respectively, formation to occur on the same dendritic branches in a cue- and location-specific manner.

  • Cora Sau Wan Lai
  • , Thomas F. Franke
  •  & Wen-Biao Gan