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- Title
The endogenous cannabinoid system controls extinction of aversive memories.
- Authors
Marsicano, Giovanni; Wotjak, Carsten T.; Azad, Shahnaz C.; Bisogno, Tiziana; Rammes, Gerhard; Casio, Maria Grazia; Hermann, Heike; Tang, Jianrong; Hofmann, Clementine; Zieglgansberger, Walter; Di Marzo, Vincenzo; Lutz, Beat
- Abstract
Provides information on a study which showed that the endogenous cannabinoid system has a central function in extinction of aversive memories among animals. Evidence of the rise in endocannabinoid levels; Factors present in memory-related brain areas and modulate memory; Effects of endocannabinoids facilitate extinction on local inhibitory networks in the amygdala.
- Subjects
CANNABINOIDS; AVERSION; ANIMAL memory; AMYGDALOID body
- Publication
Nature, 2002, Vol 418, Issue 6897, p530
- ISSN
0028-0836
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.1038/nature00839