Selective neurotoxic lesions of basolateral and central nuclei of the amygdala produce differential effects on fear conditioning

Journal of Neuroscience

Volumn 24, Issue 35, 2004, Pages 7654-7662

  Koo, Ja Wook ^a   Han, Jung Soo ^b   Kim, Jeansok J ^c  

^a YALE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

Author keywords

Emotion; Glutamate; Ibotenic acid; Learning; Memory; NMDA

Indexed keywords

GLUTAMIC ACID; IBOTENIC ACID; N METHYL DEXTRO ASPARTIC ACID; NEUROTOXIN;

AMYGDALOID NUCLEUS; ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BRAIN; CONDITIONING; CONTROLLED STUDY; EMOTION; FEAR; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; LEARNING; MALE; MEMORY; NEUROTOXICITY; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

AMYGDALA; ANIMALS; BASAL GANGLIA; CONDITIONING, CLASSICAL; ELECTRIC INJURIES; ELECTROSHOCK; FEAR; FREEZING REACTION, CATALEPTIC; IBOTENIC ACID; MALE; NEURAL PATHWAYS; NEUROTOXINS; ORGAN SPECIFICITY; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY; STEREOTAXIC TECHNIQUES; VOCALIZATION, ANIMAL;

EID: 4444260123     PISSN: 02706474     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1523/JNEUROSCI.1644-04.2004     Document Type: Article

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