Physiological properties of central amygdala neurons: Species differences

European Journal of Neuroscience

Volumn 15, Issue 3, 2002, Pages 545-552

  Dumont, Éric C ^a   Martina, Marzia ^a   Samson, Rachel D ^a   Drolet, Guy ^a   Paré, Denis ^a  

^a RUTGERS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Amygdala; Cat; Central nucleus; Fear conditioning; Guinea pig; Intrinsic membrane properties; Rat

Indexed keywords

NICKEL; SODIUM ION;

AMYGDALOID NUCLEUS; ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BRAIN SLICE; CAT; CELL MEMBRANE DEPOLARIZATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; GUINEA PIG; HYPERPOLARIZATION; INTRACELLULAR RECORDING; NERVE CELL; NEUROPHYSIOLOGY; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; SPECIES DIFFERENTIATION; SPIKE WAVE;

ACTION POTENTIALS; AGE FACTORS; AMYGDALA; ANIMALS; CATS; ELECTRIC STIMULATION; GUINEA PIGS; ION CHANNELS; NEURONS; ORGAN CULTURE TECHNIQUES; RATS; REACTION TIME; SYNAPTIC TRANSMISSION;

EID: 0036456299     PISSN: 0953816X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.0953-816x.2001.01879.x     Document Type: Article

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