Neuronal correlates of fear in the lateral amygdala: Multiple extracellular recordings in conscious cats

Journal of Neuroscience

Volumn 20, Issue 7, 2000, Pages 2701-2710

  Paré, Denis ^a   Collins, Dawn R ^a  

^a NONE

Author keywords

Amygdala; Cat; Fear; Lateral amygdala; Learning; Memory; Multisite recording

Indexed keywords

AMYGDALOID NUCLEUS; ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ARTICLE; BRAIN CORTEX; CAT; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEAR; HISTOGRAM; LEARNING; MEMORY; MICROELECTRODE; NOCICEPTIVE STIMULATION; NONHUMAN; OSCILLATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SHOCK; THETA RHYTHM;

EID: 0034175654     PISSN: 02706474     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1523/jneurosci.20-07-02701.2000     Document Type: Article

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