Abstract

Fear extinction creates a new neutral memory that competes with a fear memory when an individual encounters a situation associated with a feared stimulus. This is considered a valid animal model of exposure therapy, the most empirically supported treatment for post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD). In this study exploring the role of sleep in fear extinction learning, rats placed individually …

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