Effect of Conditioned Stimulus Exposure during Slow Wave Sleep on Fear Memory Extinction in Humans
Author(s) -
Jia He,
Hongqiang Sun,
SuXia Li,
Weihua Zhang,
Jie Shi,
Sizhi Ai,
Yun Li,
Xiaojun Li,
Xiangdong Tang,
Lin Lü
Publication year - 2015
Publication title -
sleep
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 2.222
H-Index - 207
eISSN - 1550-9109
pISSN - 0161-8105
DOI - 10.5665/sleep.4502
Subject(s) - extinction (optical mineralogy) , psychology , audiology , stimulus (psychology) , neuroscience , slow wave sleep , sleep (system call) , fear conditioning , medicine , cognitive psychology , electroencephalography , amygdala , physics , computer science , optics , operating system
Repeated exposure to a neutral conditioned stimulus (CS) in the absence of a noxious unconditioned stimulus (US) elicits fear memory extinction. The aim of the current study was to investigate the effects of mild tone exposure (CS) during slow wave sleep (SWS) on fear memory extinction in humans.
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