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Extinction Training During the Reconsolidation Window Prevents Recovery of Fear

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Predicting extinction phenotype to optimize fear reduction.

M H Monfils^1,2,3, H J Lee^4,5, N E Keller⁵

¹Department of Psychology, University of Texas at Austin, Austin, TX, USA. marie.monfils@gmail.com.

Psychopharmacology

|September 16, 2018

Summary

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Carbon dioxide (CO2) reactivity in rats predicts how well they learn fear extinction. This reactivity also links to long-term memory (LTM) and brain orexin activity, suggesting CO2 testing could guide fear extinction therapies.

Keywords:

CO2 Extinction phenotype Fear conditioning Fear extinction Individual differences

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Area of Science:

Neuroscience
Behavioral Science
Psychology

Background:

Fear conditioning and extinction are key models for studying fear system dysregulation.
Extinction, a decrease in fear response without reinforcement, is crucial for therapeutic interventions.
Predicting individual response to extinction therapy is vital for treatment success.

Purpose of the Study:

To investigate if carbon dioxide (CO2) reactivity predicts extinction phenotype in rats.
To determine if CO2 reactivity and extinction long-term memory (LTM) predict orexin activity in the lateral hypothalamus (LH).
To explore the potential of CO2 reactivity as a screening tool for extinction-based therapies.

Main Methods:

Developed and validated a rat model for assessing behavioral reactivity to acute CO2 exposure.
Measured extinction learning and long-term memory (LTM) in rats following fear conditioning.
Assessed orexin activity in the lateral hypothalamus (LH) and correlated it with CO2 reactivity and LTM.

Main Results:

Specific components of behavioral reactivity to CO2 exposure significantly predicted variance in extinction LTM.
Variability in CO2 reactivity was a significant predictor of orexin activity in the LH.
Orexin activity in the LH significantly accounted for variance in LTM.

Conclusions:

CO2 reactivity serves as a valid predictor of extinction phenotype and LTM in rats.
The findings highlight a link between CO2 reactivity, orexin system activity, and fear extinction memory.
CO2 reactivity may function as a preclinical screening tool to identify individuals suitable for extinction/exposure-based treatments.