Nbea+/− showed impairments in fear extinction. (A) Schematic representation of the experimental protocol. (B) Fear conditioning: There was no significant difference in freezing level during fear conditioning between WT (n = 7) and Nbea+/− (n = 10). Two-way ANOVA, F(4, 60) = 2.19, p = 0.0809. Retrieval: There was no difference in retrieval. WT (47.23 ± 3.587, n = 7) vs Nbea+/− (56.68 ± 3.524, n = 10), p = 0.0881, unpaired t-test, two-tailed. Extinction: There was a group difference during extinction. Interaction (Time × Group), F(17, 255) = 1.087, p = 0.3666; Group, F(1, 15) = 13.64, **p = 0.0022, Sidak’s multiple comparisons test. WT, n = 7; Nbea+/−, n = 10. Extinction recall: There was a significant difference in freezing level during extinction recall. WT (26.51 ± 3.072, n = 7) vs Nbea+/− (41.82 ± 3.762, n = 10), *p = 0.0101, unpaired t-test, two-tailed. Spontaneous recovery: There was a significant difference in freezing level during extinction recall. WT (25.86 ± 2.945, n = 7) vs Nbea+/− (39.07 ± 4.416, n = 10), *p = 0.0395, unpaired t-test, two-tailed. (C) Schematic representation of the experimental protocol. (D) Fear conditioning: There was no significant difference in freezing level during fear conditioning between WT (n = 10) and Nbea+/− (n = 9). Two-way ANOVA, F(4, 68) = 0.6439, p = 0.6330. Extinction: There was a group difference during extinction. Interaction (Time × Group), F(17, 289) = 0.9358, p = 0.5320; Group, F(1, 17) = 12.69, **p = 0.0024, Sidak’s multiple comparisons test. WT, n = 7; Nbea+/−, n = 10. Extinction recall: There was a significant difference in freezing level during extinction recall. WT (38.53 ± 3.568, n = 10) vs Nbea+/− (54.9 ± 3.924, n = 9), **p = 0.0066, unpaired t-test, two-tailed.