Fear and the brain: Where have we been, and where are we going?

Biological Psychiatry

Volumn 44, Issue 12, 1998, Pages 1229-1238

  LeDoux, Joseph ^a  

^a NEW YORK UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Amygdala; Anxiety; Conditioning; Fear; Memory

Indexed keywords

AMYGDALOID NUCLEUS; ANXIETY; ARTICLE; BRAIN; CONDITIONING; EMOTION; FEAR; HIPPOCAMPUS; HUMAN; MEMORY; NEUROPSYCHOLOGY; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

EID: 0032535354     PISSN: 00063223     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0006-3223(98)00282-0     Document Type: Review

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