NMDA and AMPA receptors in the lateral nucleus of the amygdala are postsynaptic to auditory thalamic afferents

Synapse

Volumn 27, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 106-121

  Farb, C R ^a   LeDoux, J E ^a  

^a NEW YORK UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Glutamate receptor; Immunocytochemistry; Synapse; Ultrastructure

Indexed keywords

AMPA RECEPTOR; GLUTAMATE RECEPTOR; GLUTAMIC ACID; N METHYL DEXTRO ASPARTIC ACID RECEPTOR;

AMYGDALOID NUCLEUS; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; AUDITORY STIMULATION; AUDITORY SYSTEM; CONTROLLED STUDY; EMOTION; MALE; MEDIAL GENICULATE BODY; NERVE PROJECTION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; SYNAPSE; THALAMUS; ULTRASTRUCTURE;

AFFERENT PATHWAYS; AMYGDALA; ANIMALS; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MALE; MICROSCOPY, ELECTRON; PRESYNAPTIC TERMINALS; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY; RECEPTORS, AMPA; RECEPTORS, N-METHYL-D-ASPARTATE; THALAMUS;

EID: 0030876741     PISSN: 08874476     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1098-2396(199710)27:2<106::AID-SYN2>3.0.CO;2-I     Document Type: Article

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