Keeping the fear down: effects of vagal tone and of DCS on the retention and generalization of interoceptive fear extinction. KU Leuven
The overarching objective of this project is to find ways to improve retention and generalization of extinction of interoceptive fear. We will try to do so in two different ways. First, D-cycloserine (DCS), a partial NMDA receptor agonist, seems to improve extinction and exposure outcomes in animals and human clinical populations respectively. It has however been less effective in non-clinical populations hampering basic research needed before ...