The impact of chronic inflammation on fear extinction (A12)

• Subject Area: Biological Psychology and Cognitive Neuroscience
• Term: since 2017
• Project identifier: Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft (DFG) - Project number 316803389

In a combined translational study in patients and in a preclinical mouse model of inflammatory bowel disease, we will investigate the neurobiological mechanisms and clinically relevant factors that drive inflammation-induced maladaptive learning and memory processes and their symptoms.

• DFG Programme: Collaborative Research Centres
• Subproject of: SFB 1280: Extinction Learning
• Applicant Institution: Ruhr-Universität Bochum
• Project Heads: Professorin Dr. Sigrid Elsenbruch; Professor Dr. Harald Engler