An inhibitory interface gates impulse traffic between the input and output stations of the amygdala

Journal of Neuroscience

Volumn 19, Issue 23, 1999, Pages 10575-10583

  Royer, Sébastien ^a   Martina, Marzia ^a   Paré, Denis ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ LAVAL   (Canada)

Author keywords

Amygdala; Central amygdaloid nucleus; Fear conditioning; Feedforward inhibition; Intercalated cell masses; Intra amygdaloid pathways

Indexed keywords

AMYGDALOID NUCLEUS; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BRAIN STEM; CELL STIMULATION; CONDITIONING; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEEDBACK SYSTEM; GUINEA PIG; HYPOTHALAMUS NUCLEUS; INHIBITORY POSTSYNAPTIC POTENTIAL; NERVE CELL; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SENSORY NERVE; SYNAPSE; SYNAPTIC TRANSMISSION;

EID: 0033493230     PISSN: 02706474     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1523/jneurosci.19-23-10575.1999     Document Type: Article

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