The effect of oxytocin on the formation, expression and inhibition of fear memories

Funding Activity

Website
http://purl.org/au-research/grants/nhmrc/1088489

Funding Status
Closed

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Funded Activity Summary

Oxytocin is a hormone peptide which reduces amygdala activation to threatening stimuli and reduces anxiety in people and laboratory rodents. These results suggest that oxytocin could be a valuable pharmacological adjunct to exposure-based therapy for anxiety disorders. However, several questions must be answered before its therapeutic potential can be determined. As such, this project examines the effects of oxytocin on fear-related behaviours in rats, and neural fear circuits in the amygdala.

Funded Activity Details

Start Date: 01-01-2015

End Date: 01-01-2017

Funding Scheme: Project Grants

Funding Amount: $390,243.00

Funder: National Health and Medical Research Council

Research Topics

ANZSRC Field of Research (FoR)

Biological Psychology (Neuropsychology, Psychopharmacology, Physiological Psychology)

ANZSRC Socio-Economic Objective (SEO)

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Other Keywords

amygdala | anxiety disorders | fear | motivation | oxytocin

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