%0 Journal Article %T Causal role of rapid-eye-movement sleep on successful memory consolidation of fear extinction %A Ai, Si-Zhi %A Dai, Xi-Jian %J Journal of Thoracic Disease %D 2018 %B 2018 %9 %! Causal role of rapid-eye-movement sleep on successful memory consolidation of fear extinction %K %X 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). %U https://jtd.amegroups.org/article/view/19747 %V 10 %N 3 %P 1214-1216 %@ 2077-6624