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| Marie H MonfilsSummaryAffiliation: University of Texas Country: USA Publications
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Extinction-reconsolidation boundaries: key to persistent attenuation of fear memoriesMarie H Monfils
Center for Neural Science, New York University, New York, NY 10003, USA
Science 324:951-5. 2009..This procedure permanently attenuates the fear memory without the use of drugs...
Brain-derived neurotrophic factor: a dynamic gatekeeper of neural plasticityKiriana K Cowansage
Center for Neural Science, New York University, New York, USA
Curr Mol Pharmacol 3:12-29. 2010..We conclude by emphasizing the importance of characterizing BDNF signaling cascades in behaviorally-relevant networks, to identify potential drug targets for novel therapeutic interventions...
Optical activation of lateral amygdala pyramidal cells instructs associative fear learningJoshua P Johansen
Center for Neural Science, Department of Psychology, New York University, New York, NY 10003, USA
Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A 107:12692-7. 2010..These results demonstrate in vivo optogenetic control of LA neurons and provide compelling support for the idea that fear learning is instructed by aversive stimulus-induced activation of LA pyramidal cells...
Preventing the return of fear in humans using reconsolidation update mechanismsDaniela Schiller
Center for Neural Science, New York University, New York, New York 10003, USA
Nature 463:49-53. 2010..These findings demonstrate the adaptive role of reconsolidation as a window of opportunity to rewrite emotional memories, and suggest a non-invasive technique that can be used safely in humans to prevent the return of fear...
Brain-derived neurotrophic factor: linking fear learning to memory consolidationMarie H Monfils
Center for Neural Science, 4 Washington Place, Room 809, New York University, New York, NY 10003 6621, USA
Mol Pharmacol 72:235-7. 2007..Each induces phosphorylation of cAMP response element-binding protein, which binds to the BDNF promoter, leading to BDNF expression in the LA, and contributes to fear memory consolidation...
Fear and safety learning differentially affect synapse size and dendritic translation in the lateral amygdalaLinnaea E Ostroff
Center for Neural Science, New York University, New York, NY 10003, USA
Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A 107:9418-23. 2010..We conclude that LA synapse size changes bidirectionally with learning and that the spine apparatus has a central role in regulating synapse size and local translation...
GABA(C) Receptors in the Lateral Amygdala: A Possible Novel Target for the Treatment of Fear and Anxiety Disorders?Catarina Cunha
Center for Neural Science, New York University New York, NY, USA
Front Behav Neurosci 4:6. 2010..This novel role of GABA(C)Rs furthers our understanding of GABA receptors in fear memory acquisition and storage and suggests a possible novel target for the treatment of fear and anxiety disorders...
