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Sensitive periods in affective development: nonlinear maturation of fear learning

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Hartley, Catherine A, Lee, Francis S·2015·Neuropsychopharmacology

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At specific maturational stages, neural circuits enter sensitive periods of heightened plasticity, during which the development of both brain and behavior are highly receptive to particular experiential information. A relatively advanced understanding of the regulatory mechanisms governing the initiation, closure, and reinstatement of sensitive period plasticity has emerged from extensive research examining the development of the visual system. In this article, we discuss a large body of work characterizing the pronounced nonlinear changes in fear learning and extinction that occur from childhood through adulthood, and their underlying neural substrates. We draw upon the model of sensitive period regulation within the visual system, and present burgeoning evidence suggesting that parallel mechanisms may regulate the qualitative changes in fear learning across development.

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  • There is still a consensus that the amygdala, hippocampus, vmPFC, and ACC are central to fear learning and, especially, fear extinction.

    “there is still a consensus that the Am, Hip, vmPFC, and ACC are central to fear learning [review in Ref. (193, 194)] and, especially, fear extinction [reviews in Ref. (187, 188, 195)].”

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Authors
Hartley, C. A., & Lee, F. S.
Affiliations
Cornell University (US)
Corresponding author
Hartley, Catherine A
Venue
Neuropsychopharmacology
Published
2014-07-18
Volume
40
Issue
1
Pages
50-60
ISSN
  • 0893-133X (ISSN-L)
  • 1740-634X
OpenAlex
W2024045888
Cited by
80
References
134
Citations by year
2026: 2 · 2025: 4 · 2024: 4 · 2023: 5 · 2022: 8 · 2021: 8 · 2020: 13 · 2019: 9 · 2018: 7 · 2017: 11 · 2016: 4 · 2015: 4 · 2014: 1
FWCI
0.64
Type
journal article
Language
en
Open access
Locations
  • Neuropsychopharmacology (publishedVersion)
  • PubMed Central (publishedVersion)
  • PubMed (publishedVersion)
Topics
  • Life Sciences › Neuroscience › Cognitive Neuroscience › Memory and Neural Mechanisms
  • Life Sciences › Neuroscience › Cellular and Molecular Neuroscience › Neuroscience and Neuropharmacology Research
  • Life Sciences › Neuroscience › Cellular and Molecular Neuroscience › Neurotransmitter Receptor Influence on Behavior
Keywords
sensitive period, fear learning, fear extinction, emotional development, neuroplasticity, visual system development, childhood to adulthood development
MeSH terms
Animals, Brain, Critical Period, Psychological, Extinction, Psychological, Fear, Humans, Learning, Nerve Net, Neuronal Plasticity

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