Publications by authors named "Setayesh Nematollahi"

Chronic morphine impairs cued fear extinction, which may contribute to the high prevalence of anxiety disorders and the replase of opiate addiction. This work investigated the effects of forced exercise with different intensities on cued fear extinction impairment and alternations of hippocampal BDNF and apoptotic proteins induced by chronic morphine. Rats were injected with bi-daily doses of morphine or saline for ten days and then received a cued or contextual fear conditioning training, which was followed by fear extinction training for four consecutive days.

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