Prefrontal inputs to the amygdala instruct fear extinction memory formation

• DOI: 10.1126/sciadv.1500251
• Publication Date: 2015-08-01T02:30:16Z
• Authors: Olena Bukalo; Courtney R. Pinard; Shana Silverstein; Christina Brehm; Nolan D. Hartley; Nigel Whittle; Giovanni Colacicco; Erica Busch; Sachin Patel; Nicolas Singewald; Andrew Holmes
• Keywords: 03 medical and health sciences; 0302 clinical medicine; 150; 610; Research Articles

Traumatic fear memories are extinguished by a discrete brain circuit comprising inputs from the prefrontal cortex to the amygdala.