Prefrontal cortex stimulation enhances fear extinction memory in humans

Animal fear conditioning studies have illuminated neuronal mechanisms of learned associations between sensory stimuli and fear responses. In rats, brief electrical stimulation of the infralimbic (IL) cortex has been shown to reduce conditioned freezing during recall of extinction memory. Here, we translate this finding to humans with MRI-navigated transcranial magnetic stimulation (TMS).
Source: Biological Psychiatry - Category: Psychiatry Authors: Tags: Archival Report Source Type: research