Is the amygdala a locus of 'conditioned fear'? Some questions and caveats

Neuron

Volumn 23, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 227-228

  Cahill, Larry ^a   Weinberger, Norman M ^a   Roozendaal, Benno ^a   McGaugh, James L ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

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Indexed keywords

N METHYL DEXTRO ASPARTIC ACID RECEPTOR; N METHYL DEXTRO ASPARTIC ACID RECEPTOR BLOCKING AGENT;

AMYGDALOID NUCLEUS; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ASSOCIATION; AVERSION; CONDITIONING; EYELID REFLEX; FEAR; HABENULA; LONG TERM POTENTIATION; NERVE CELL PLASTICITY; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; REINFORCEMENT; SHORT SURVEY; SHORT TERM MEMORY; STARTLE REFLEX;

EID: 0033152437     PISSN: 08966273     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0896-6273(00)80774-6     Document Type: Short Survey

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