New vistas on amygdala networks in conditioned fear

Journal of Neurophysiology

Volumn 92, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 1-9

  Paré, Denis ^a,d   Quirk, Gregory J ^b   Ledoux, Joseph E ^c  

^a RUTGERS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b PONCE SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Puerto Rico)

^c NEW YORK UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d RUTGERS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMYGDALOID NUCLEUS; BRAIN STEM; CONDITIONING; EVOKED RESPONSE; FEAR; FREEZING; GABAERGIC SYSTEM; HYPOTHALAMUS; NERVE CELL PLASTICITY; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; STARTLE REFLEX; THALAMUS;

AMYGDALA; ANIMALS; CONDITIONING, CLASSICAL; FEAR; HUMANS; NERVE NET;

EID: 3042554414     PISSN: 00223077     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1152/jn.00153.2004     Document Type: Review

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