Amygdalar lesions block discriminative avoidance learning and cingulothalamic training-induced neuronal plasticity in rabbits

Journal of Neuroscience

Volumn 17, Issue 13, 1997, Pages 5237-5244

  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; Learning; Limbic thalamus; Medial dorsal nucleus; Operant conditioning

Indexed keywords

AMYGDALOID NUCLEUS; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; AVOIDANCE BEHAVIOR; CINGULATE GYRUS; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEAR; INSTRUMENTAL CONDITIONING; LEARNING; MALE; NERVE CELL PLASTICITY; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RABBIT; THALAMUS;

EID: 0030986671     PISSN: 02706474     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1523/jneurosci.17-13-05237.1997     Document Type: Article

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