Divergence Between Thalamic and Cortical Inputs to Lateral Amygdala During Juvenile-Adult Transition in Mice

Biological Psychiatry

Volumn 66, Issue 10, 2009, Pages 964-971

  Pan, Bing Xing ^a   Ito, Wataru ^a   Morozov, Alexei ^a  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF MENTAL HEALTH   (United States)

Author keywords

Amygdala; development; fear; juvenile; LTP; synaptic transmission

Indexed keywords

ACTION POTENTIAL; ADULTHOOD; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AMYGDALOID NUCLEUS; ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; AUDITORY STIMULATION; BRAIN CORTEX; BRAIN SLICE; CONDITIONING; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEAR; JUVENILE; LONG TERM POTENTIATION; MALE; MOUSE; NERVE CELL PLASTICITY; NONHUMAN; PATCH CLAMP; PHYSIOLOGY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; SYNAPSE; SYNAPTIC POTENTIAL; SYNAPTIC TRANSMISSION; THALAMUS; WHOLE CELL;

AGE FACTORS; AMYGDALA; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ANIMALS; CEREBRAL CORTEX; DIZOCILPINE MALEATE; ELECTRIC STIMULATION; EXCITATORY AMINO ACID ANTAGONISTS; EXCITATORY POSTSYNAPTIC POTENTIALS; LONG-TERM POTENTIATION; MALE; MICE; NEURAL PATHWAYS; NEURONS; PATCH-CLAMP TECHNIQUES; SYNAPSES; THALAMUS; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 70350571069     PISSN: 00063223     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.biopsych.2009.07.006     Document Type: Article

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