Cannabidiol enhances consolidation of explicit fear extinction in humans
| Autor: | Vivek Gupta, Emily Redman, Mayurun Ramadas, Sunjeev K. Kamboj, Ravi K. Das, Kishoj Yogan, Celia J. A. Morgan, H. Valerie Curran |
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| Rok vydání: | 2012 |
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Fear memory Cannabinoid receptor Time Factors medicine.medical_treatment Conditioning Classical digestive system Extinction Psychological cannabinoids conditioning Double-Blind Method Delta-9-tetrahydrocannabinol medicine Cannabidiol Humans Pavlovian Pharmacology Electroshock extinction social sciences Extinction (psychology) Fear anxiety Endocannabinoid system humanities digestive system diseases surgical procedures operative Memory consolidation Female Cannabinoid Psychology consolidation Neuroscience medicine.drug |
| Zdroj: | Psychopharmacology. 226(4) |
| ISSN: | 1432-2072 |
| Popis: | Rationale: Whilst Cannabidiol (CBD), a non-psychotomimetic cannabinoid, has been shown to enhance extinction learning in rats, its effects on fear memory in humans have not previously been studied. Objectives: We employed a Pavlovian fear-conditioning paradigm in order to assess the effects of CBD on extinction and consolidation. Method: Forty-eight participants were conditioned to a coloured box (CS) with electric shocks (UCS) in one context and were extinguished in a second context. Participants received 32 mg of CBD either following before or after extinction in a double-blind, placebo-controlled design. At recall, 48 h later, participants were exposed to CSs and conditioning contexts before (recall) and after (reinstatement) exposure to the UCS. Skin conductance and shock expectancy measures of conditioned responding were recorded throughout. Results: Successful conditioning, extinction and recall were found in all three treatment groups. CBD given post-extinction enhanced consolidation of extinction learning as assessed by shock expectancy. CBD administered at either time produced trend level reduction in reinstatement of autonomic contextual responding. No acute effects of CBD were found on extinction. Conclusions: These findings provide the first evidence that CBD can enhance consolidation of extinction learning in humans and suggest that CBD may have potential as an adjunct to extinction-based therapies for anxiety disorders. |
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