L-type voltage-gated calcium channels mediate NMDA-independent associative long-term potentiation at thalamic input synapses to the amygdala

Journal of Neuroscience

Volumn 19, Issue 23, 1999, Pages 10512-10519

  Weisskopf, Marc G ^a   Bauer, Elizabeth P ^a   LeDoux, Joseph E ^a  

^a NEW YORK UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Amygdala; Calcium channels; Electrophysiology; Fear; In vitro; LTP; Synapse

Indexed keywords

CALCIUM; CALCIUM CHANNEL; N METHYL DEXTRO ASPARTIC ACID RECEPTOR;

AMYGDALOID NUCLEUS; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BRAIN ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; CALCIUM TRANSPORT; CHANNEL GATING; CONDITIONING; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEPOLARIZATION; FEAR; LONG TERM POTENTIATION; MALE; NERVE CELL PLASTICITY; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; SYNAPSE; THALAMUS;

EID: 0033492838     PISSN: 02706474     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1523/jneurosci.19-23-10512.1999     Document Type: Article

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