The amygdaloid complex: Anatomy and physiology

Physiological Reviews

Volumn 83, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 803-834

  Sah, P ^a,b   Faber, E S L ^a   De Armentia, M Lopez ^a   Power, J ^a  

^a Biology and Environment   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

AMYGDALOID NUCLEUS; ANXIETY DISORDER; CONDITIONING; EMOTION; FEAR; HUMAN; MEMORY; NERVE CELL PLASTICITY; NEUROANATOMY; NEUROPHYSIOLOGY; NONHUMAN; POSTTRAUMATIC STRESS DISORDER; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW;

EID: 0038337800     PISSN: 00319333     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1152/physrev.00002.2003     Document Type: Review

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