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. 2017 Feb 28;7(2):e1046.
doi: 10.1038/tp.2017.26.

Forgetting fear associations through tES: which memory process might be critical?

C M Vicario  1   2 , M A Nitsche  3   4 , K Felmingham  1
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Forgetting fear associations through tES: which memory process might be critical?

C M Vicario et al. Transl Psychiatry. .
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Diagram of transcranial electrical stimulation (tES) effects on memory processes (that is, encoding and consolidation) during and after the extinction phase.
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