The amygdala and emotion

Current Opinion in Neurobiology

Volumn 6, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 221-227

  Gallagher, Michela ^a   Chiba, Andrea A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA   (United States)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

AMYGDALOID NUCLEUS; ASSOCIATION; ATTENTION; CONDITIONING; EMOTION; FEAR; HUMAN; LEARNING; MEMORY; MODULATION; MONKEY; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; REVIEW; STATE DEPENDENT LEARNING;

EID: 0030005501     PISSN: 09594388     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0959-4388(96)80076-6     Document Type: Article

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