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Causal role of rapid-eye-movement sleep on successful memory consolidation of fear extinction

Si-Zhi Ai, Xi-Jian Dai

Abstract

The formation and consolidation of conditioned fear memory is a fundamental mammalian mechanism to adapt to the environment quickly. However, the persistent fear memories failure to extinction can be maladaptive and represent a core symptomatic dimension of fear related disorders such as post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) (1-3).

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