Heterosynaptic long-term potentiation of inhibitory interneurons in the lateral amygdala

Journal of Neuroscience

Volumn 24, Issue 43, 2004, Pages 9507-9512

  Bauer, Elizabeth P ^a   LeDoux, Joseph E ^a  

^a NEW YORK UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Fear conditioning; GABA; Inhibition; Input specific; LTP; NMDA

Indexed keywords

AMYGDALOID NUCLEUS; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; EXCITATORY POSTSYNAPTIC POTENTIAL; FACILITATION; FEAR; GABAERGIC SYSTEM; INHIBITORY POSTSYNAPTIC POTENTIAL; INTERNEURON; LEARNING; LONG TERM POTENTIATION; MALE; MOUSE; NERVE CELL PLASTICITY; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ACTION POTENTIALS; AFFERENT PATHWAYS; AMYGDALA; ANIMALS; CEREBRAL CORTEX; ELECTRIC STIMULATION; EXCITATORY POSTSYNAPTIC POTENTIALS; GAMMA-AMINOBUTYRIC ACID; INTERNEURONS; LONG-TERM POTENTIATION; MALE; NEURAL INHIBITION; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY; THALAMUS;

EID: 5344275479     PISSN: 02706474     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1523/JNEUROSCI.3567-04.2004     Document Type: Article

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