Fear extinction and memory reconsolidation as critical components in behavioral treatment for posttraumatic stress disorder and potential augmentation of these processes
Smith NB, Doran JM, Sippel LM, Harpaz-Rotem I. Fear extinction and memory reconsolidation as critical components in behavioral treatment for posttraumatic stress disorder and potential augmentation of these processes. Neuroscience Letters 2017, 649: 170-175. PMID: 28065842, DOI: 10.1016/j.neulet.2017.01.006.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsPosttraumatic stress disorderReconsolidation processPTSD psychotherapyStress disorderBehavioral treatmentExposure-based treatmentsCritical brain regionsFear extinctionMemory reconsolidationTraumatic memoriesImportant future directionsPTSD populationsPTSD therapyNeurobiological mechanismsPrefrontal cortexReconsolidationBrain regionsPsychotherapyProcess of extinctionMemoryPotential avenuesFuture directionsBehavioral modificationExtinctionDisorders