The Amygdala, Social Behavior, and Danger Detection

Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences

Volumn 1000, Issue , 2003, Pages 337-347

  Amaral, David G ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Anxiety; Fear; Lesions; Monkey; Rhesus; Social cognition

Indexed keywords

ADULTHOOD; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AMYGDALOID NUCLEUS; BRAIN DEPTH STIMULATION; BRAIN DEVELOPMENT; BRAIN INJURY; BRAIN NERVE CELL; CONFERENCE PAPER; EMOTION; FEAR; HAZARD; HUMAN; INFANCY; INTERPERSONAL COMMUNICATION; MOTHER; NEWBORN PERIOD; NONHUMAN; RHESUS MONKEY; SNAKE; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR;

ANIMALIA; MACACA MULATTA; PRIMATES; RODENTIA; SERPENTES;

EID: 1342263138     PISSN: 00778923     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1196/annals.1280.015     Document Type: Conference Paper

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