Oscillations in the basolateral amygdala: Aversive stimulation is state dependent and resets the oscillatory phase

Journal of Neurophysiology

Volumn 102, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 1379-1387

  Crane, James W ^a   Windels, Francois ^a   Sah, Pankaj ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMYGDALOID NUCLEUS; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; AVERSION; BASOLATERAL AMYGDALA; BRAIN CELL; CONTROLLED STUDY; MEMBRANE STEADY POTENTIAL; NERVE CELL; NONHUMAN; OSCILLATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; SOMATOSENSORY STIMULATION; STATE DEPENDENT LEARNING; STIMULUS RESPONSE; THALAMUS POSTERIOR NUCLEUS;

ACTION POTENTIALS; AFFERENT PATHWAYS; AMYGDALA; ANIMALS; ANIMALS, NEWBORN; BIOLOGICAL CLOCKS; CEREBRAL CORTEX; ELECTROSHOCK; MEMBRANE POTENTIALS; NEURAL INHIBITION; NEURONS; PATCH-CLAMP TECHNIQUES; RATS; RATS, WISTAR;

EID: 70349296839     PISSN: 00223077     EISSN: 15221598     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1152/jn.00438.2009     Document Type: Article

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