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- 2019
A Dopaminergic Basis for Fear ExtinctionDOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.tics.2019.01.013 Abstract: It is a joyous relief when an event we dread fails to materialize. In fear extinction, the appetitive nature of an omitted aversive event is not a mere epiphenomenon but drives the reduction of fear responses and the formation of long-term extinction memories. Dopamine emerges as key neurobiological mediator of these related processes
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