Projection cells and interneurons of the lateral and basolateral amygdala: Distinct firing patterns and differential relation to theta and delta rhythms in conscious cats

Journal of Neuroscience

Volumn 16, Issue 10, 1996, Pages 3334-3350

  Paré, Denis ^a   Gaudreau, Hélène ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ LAVAL   (Canada)

Author keywords

amygdala; delta; entorhinal cortex; hippocampus; perirhinal cortex; sleep; theta

Indexed keywords

AMYGDALOID NUCLEUS; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANTIDROMIC STIMULATION; ARTICLE; BRAIN CORTEX; CAT; DELTA RHYTHM; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAM; ENTORHINAL CORTEX; EVOKED CORTICAL RESPONSE; HIPPOCAMPUS; INTERNEURON; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REM SLEEP; SPIKE; SUBICULUM; THETA RHYTHM;

EID: 0029971682     PISSN: 02706474     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1523/jneurosci.16-10-03334.1996     Document Type: Article

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