Amygdala Inhibitory Circuits and the Control of Fear Memory

Neuron

Volumn 62, Issue 6, 2009, Pages 757-771

  Ehrlich, Ingrid ^a   Humeau, Yann ^b   Grenier, François ^a   Ciocchi, Stephane ^a   Herry, Cyril ^a   Lüthi, Andreas ^a  

^a FRIEDRICH MIESCHER INSTITUTE FOR BIOMEDICAL RESEARCH   (Switzerland)

^b Hopitaux Universitaires de Strasbourg   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

4 AMINOBUTYRIC ACID A RECEPTOR; 4 AMINOBUTYRIC ACID B RECEPTOR; CALBINDIN; CALCIUM CHANNEL L TYPE; CALCIUM CHANNEL R TYPE; CALRETININ; CHOLECYSTOKININ; N METHYL DEXTRO ASPARTIC ACID RECEPTOR; PARVALBUMIN; SOMATOSTATIN; VASOACTIVE INTESTINAL POLYPEPTIDE;

AMYGDALOID NUCLEUS; CHANNEL GATING; CONDITIONING; FEAR; GABAERGIC SYSTEM; INTERNEURON; LONG TERM POTENTIATION; MEMORY CONSOLIDATION; NERVE CELL PLASTICITY; NONHUMAN; POSITIVE FEEDBACK; POSTSYNAPTIC INHIBITION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; REVIEW; STIMULUS RESPONSE;

AMYGDALA; ANIMALS; AVOIDANCE LEARNING; CONDITIONING, CLASSICAL; EXTINCTION, PSYCHOLOGICAL; FEAR; HUMANS; MEMORY; NERVE NET; NEURAL INHIBITION;

EID: 67249100782     PISSN: 08966273     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.neuron.2009.05.026     Document Type: Review

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