Concept
Common factors theory
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Reinforcement learning (RL) is crucial for learning to adapt to new environments. In RL, the prediction error is an important component that compares the expected and actual rewards. Dopamine plays a critical role in encoding these prediction errors. In my ...
EPFL2024In the pursuit of the fear engram: identification of neuronal circuits underlying the treatment of anxiety disorder
Ossama Mohamed Salah El-Dien El-Sayed Ibrahim Khalaf
Fear and other anxiety disorders are extraordinarily robust and difficult to treat. Among the most effective treatments for anxiety disorders are exposure-based therapies, during which a patient is repeatedly confronted with the originally fear-eliciting s ...
EPFL2017Female vulnerability to the development of depression-like behavior in a rat model of intimate partner violence is related to anxious temperament, coping responses, and amygdala vasopressin receptor 1a expression
Maria del Carmen Sandi Perez, Maria Isabel Cordero Campana, Guillaume Poirier
Exposure to violence is traumatic and an important source of mental health disturbance, yet the factors associated with victimization remain incompletely understood. The aim of the present study was to investigate factors related to vulnerability to depres ...
Frontiers Research Foundation2013Technological innovation strategy in natural resource based industries
This thesis analyses innovation and technology strategy within a primary industry, notably the upstream oil and gas industry. Industries that exploit and produce finite natural resources are challenged by specific external risks that do not receive much at ...
EPFL2009Stress and memory: behavioral effects and neurobiological mechanisms
Stress is a potent modulator of learning and memory processes. Although there have been a few attempts in the literature to explain the diversity of effects (including facilitating, impairing, and lack of effects) described for the impact of stress on memo ...
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