Abstract
It is a joyous relief when an event we dread fails to materialize. In fear extinction, the appetitive nature of an omitted aversive event is not a mere epiphenomenon but drives the reduction of fear responses and the formation of long-term extinction memories. Dopamine emerges as key neurobiological mediator of these related processes.
Original language | English |
---|---|
Pages (from-to) | 274-277 |
Number of pages | 4 |
Journal | Trends in Cognitive Sciences |
Volume | 23 |
Issue number | 4 |
DOIs | |
Publication status | Published - Apr 2019 |
Externally published | Yes |
Bibliographical note
Copyright © 2019 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved.Keywords
- Animals
- Dopamine/physiology
- Extinction, Psychological/physiology
- Fear/physiology
- Humans
- Memory, Long-Term/physiology