Human amygdala activation during conditioned fear acquisition and extinction: A mixed-trial fMRI study

Neuron

Volumn 20, Issue 5, 1998, Pages 937-945

  LaBar, Kevin S ^a   Gatenby, J Christopher ^b   Gore, John C ^b   LeDoux, Joseph E ^c   Phelps, Elizabeth A ^a  

^a YALE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b YALE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c NEW YORK UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMYGDALOID NUCLEUS; ARTICLE; BRAIN SLICE; DISCRIMINATION LEARNING; ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; EMOTION; FEAR; LEARNING; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RELIABILITY; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; TASK PERFORMANCE;

EID: 17344384032     PISSN: 08966273     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0896-6273(00)80475-4     Document Type: Article

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