title: Preventing the pain of PTSD.
abstract: A selective opioid receptor agonist prevents fear memory consolidation in the amygdala in a mouse model of posttraumatic stress disorder (Andero et al.).
authors.affiliation: Departments of Medicine and Psychiatry, University of California, San Francisco and the San Francisco VA Medical Center, San Francisco, CA 94143, USA.
authors.forename: Karen H
authors.initials: KH
authors.lastname: Seal
authors.forename: Murray B
authors.initials: MB
authors.lastname: Stein
mesh_terms: D000679:Amygdala / Q000378:metabolism*; D000818:Animals; D005239:Fear; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D011957:Receptors, Opioid / Q000378:metabolism*; D013313:Stress Disorders, Post-Traumatic / Q000378:metabolism*; D000094942:Nociceptin Receptor
chemical_list: D011957:Receptors, Opioid; D000094942:Nociceptin Receptor; C000722283:OPRL1 protein, human