Parallels between cerebellum- and amygdala-dependent conditioning

Nature Reviews Neuroscience

Volumn 3, Issue 2, 2002, Pages 122-131

  Medina, Javier F ^a   Repa, J Christopher ^a   Mauk, Michael D ^a   LeDoux, Joseph E ^a  

^a HOWARD HUGHES MEDICAL INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

AMYGDALOID NUCLEUS; ANIMAL; AVOIDANCE BEHAVIOR; CEREBELLUM; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONDITIONING; CYTOLOGY; FEAR; HUMAN; NERVE CELL; NERVE CELL PLASTICITY; NERVE TRACT; PHYSIOLOGY; REVIEW;

AMYGDALA; ANIMALS; AVOIDANCE LEARNING; CEREBELLUM; CONDITIONING, EYELID; FEAR; HUMANS; NEURAL PATHWAYS; NEURONAL PLASTICITY; NEURONS;

EID: 0036482316     PISSN: 1471003X     EISSN: 14710048     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/nrn728     Document Type: Article

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