Convergent but temporally separated inputs to lateral amygdala neurons from the auditory thalamus and auditory cortex use different postsynaptic receptors: In vivo intracellular and extracellular recordings in fear conditioning pathways

Learning Memory

Volumn 3, Issue 2-3, 1996, Pages 229-242

  Li, Xing Fang ^a   Stutzmann, Grace E ^a   LeDoux, Joseph E ^a  

^a NEW YORK UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

6 CYANO 7 NITRO 2,3 QUINOXALINEDIONE; ALPHA AMINO 3 HYDROXY 5 METHYL 4 ISOXAZOLEPROPIONIC ACID; AMPA RECEPTOR; DIZOCILPINE; N METHYL DEXTRO ASPARTIC ACID RECEPTOR; N METHYL DEXTRO ASPARTIC ACID RECEPTOR BLOCKING AGENT;

AMYGDALOID NUCLEUS; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; AUDITORY CORTEX; CONDITIONING; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEAR; MALE; NERVE CELL MEMBRANE POTENTIAL; NERVE PROJECTION; NONHUMAN; POSTSYNAPTIC MEMBRANE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; SYNAPTIC TRANSMISSION; THALAMUS;

EID: 0013652469     PISSN: 10720502     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1101/lm.3.2-3.229     Document Type: Article

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