The Nonhuman Primate Amygdala Is Necessary for the Acquisition but not the Retention of Fear-Potentiated Startle

Biological Psychiatry

Volumn 65, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 241-248

  Antoniadis, Elena A ^a,b   Winslow, James T ^c   Davis, Michael ^a,d,e   Amaral, David G ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF MENTAL HEALTH   (United States)

^d EMORY UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^e EMORY UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Amygdaloid complex; emotional learning; fear; fear conditioning; memory

Indexed keywords

AMYGDALOID NUCLEUS; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ARTICLE; ASSOCIATION; AUDITORY THRESHOLD; BRAIN DAMAGE; CONDITIONING; EMOTION; FEAR; LEARNING; MALE; NONHUMAN; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; ORBITAL CORTEX; PRIMATE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RHESUS MONKEY; STARTLE REFLEX;

ACOUSTIC STIMULATION; AMYGDALA; ANIMALS; EXCITATORY AMINO ACID AGONISTS; FEAR; IBOTENIC ACID; MACACA MULATTA; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; MEMORY; PHOTIC STIMULATION; STARTLE REACTION;

EID: 58149311251     PISSN: 00063223     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.biopsych.2008.07.007     Document Type: Article

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