Combined Neuropeptide S and D-Cycloserine Augmentation Prevents the Return of Fear in Extinction-Impaired Rodents: Advantage of Dual versus Single Drug Approaches
Author(s) -
Simone B. Sartori,
Verena Maurer,
Conor P. Murphy,
Claudia Schmuckermair,
Patrick Muigg,
Inga D. Neumann,
Nigel Whittle,
Nicolas Singewald
Publication year - 2015
Publication title -
the international journal of neuropsychopharmacology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.897
H-Index - 107
eISSN - 1469-5111
pISSN - 1461-1457
DOI - 10.1093/ijnp/pyv128
Subject(s) - extinction (optical mineralogy) , anxiety , psychology , anxiolytic , context (archaeology) , neuroscience , exposure therapy , fear conditioning , cycloserine , amygdala , medicine , psychiatry , chemistry , biology , paleontology , mineralogy , tuberculosis , pathology
Despite its success in treating specific anxiety disorders, the effect of exposure therapy is limited by problems with tolerability, treatment resistance, and fear relapse after initial response. The identification of novel drug targets facilitating fear extinction in clinically relevant animal models may guide improved treatment strategies for these disorders in terms of efficacy, acceleration of fear extinction, and return of fear.
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