Medial geniculate lesions block amygdalar and cingulothalamic learning- related neuronal activity

Journal of Neuroscience

Volumn 17, Issue 21, 1997, Pages 8645-8655

  Poremba, Amy ^a   Gabriel, Michael ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT AUSTIN   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT URBANA CHAMPAIGN   (United States)

Author keywords

Amygdala; Anterior ventral nucleus; Cingulate cortex; Instrumental conditioning; Learning; Limbic thalamus; Medial dorsal nucleus

Indexed keywords

IBOTENIC ACID;

AMYGDALOID NUCLEUS; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; AVOIDANCE BEHAVIOR; BRAIN INJURY; CINGULATE GYRUS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISCRIMINATION LEARNING; INSTRUMENTAL CONDITIONING; LEARNING; LEARNING DISORDER; LIMBIC CORTEX; MALE; MEDIAL GENICULATE BODY; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RABBIT; SHOCK; SOUND TRANSMISSION; THALAMUS;

EID: 0030778851     PISSN: 02706474     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1523/jneurosci.17-21-08645.1997     Document Type: Article

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