Synaptic plasticity in the central nucleus of the amygdala

Reviews in the Neurosciences

Volumn 16, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 287-302

  Samson, Rachel D ^a   Duvarci, Sevil ^a   Paré, Denis ^a  

^a RUTGERS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Amygdala; Fear; Long term potentiation; Pain; Pavlovian conditioning; Plasticity

Indexed keywords

AMYGDALOID NUCLEUS; BASOLATERAL COMPLEX OF THE AMYGDALA; CENTRAL NUCLEUS OF THE AMYGDALA; CONDITIONED REFLEX; CONDITIONING; EFFERENT NERVE; FEAR; FOOD AVERSION; HUMAN; LEARNING; LONG TERM POTENTIATION; NERVE CELL PLASTICITY; NOCICEPTION; NONHUMAN; PAIN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SENSORY NERVE CONDUCTION; TASTE AVERSION;

EID: 31844432025     PISSN: 03341763     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1515/REVNEURO.2005.16.4.287     Document Type: Review

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