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Project Number: | I01BX001374-05A1 |
| Title: | Neural Basis of Individual Differences in Fear Extinction |
| Principal Investigator: | Marlene A Wilson |
| Location: | Columbia, SC |
| Congressional District Code: | 2 |
| Research Service: | Biomedical Laboratory R&D |
| Project Period: | January 2019 - December 2023 |
| FY 2021 Funding Amount: | $225,595 |
| Total Award Amount (all years): |
$1,316,268 |
| Abstract: |
View full abstract and other project information on NIH RePORTER Go To NIH RePORTER Excerpt: ABSTRACT While most of the general population, and particularly combat veterans, experience traumatic events, only a relatively small proportion go on to develop post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD), suggesting there are individual differences in susceptibility to the long-term consequences of traumatic stress. PTSD patients also show impairments in fear extinction, extinction recall, and safety learning, so extinction learning processes form the basis of exposure-based therapies. We have obser... |