Double dissociation between the involvement of the bed nucleus of the stria terminalis and the central nucleus of the amygdala in startle increases produced by conditioned versus unconditioned fear

Journal of Neuroscience

Volumn 17, Issue 23, 1997, Pages 9375-9383

  Walker, David L ^a,b   Davis, Michael ^a  

^a YALE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b Yale University School of Medicine   (United States)

Author keywords

AMPA; Amygdala; Anxiety; Bed nucleus of the stria terminalis; Fear; Glutamate; Memory

Indexed keywords

6 NITRO 7 SULFAMOYLBENZO[F]QUINOXALINE 2,3 DIONE; AMPA RECEPTOR;

AMYGDALOID NUCLEUS; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANXIETY; ARTICLE; CONDITIONING; CONTROLLED STUDY; MALE; NONHUMAN; PHOTOSTIMULATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; STARTLE REFLEX; STRIA TERMINALIS;

EID: 0030698102     PISSN: 02706474     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1523/jneurosci.17-23-09375.1997     Document Type: Article

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