Interactions between orbital prefrontal cortex and amygdala: Advanced cognition, learned responses and instinctive behaviors

Current Opinion in Neurobiology

Volumn 20, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 212-220

  Murray, Elisabeth A ^a   Wise, Steven P ^a  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF MENTAL HEALTH   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMYGDALOID NUCLEUS; AROUSAL; BEHAVIOR CONTROL; BRAIN CORTEX; BRAIN FUNCTION; COGNITION; FEAR; FEEDBACK SYSTEM; MENTAL PERFORMANCE; MONKEY; NONHUMAN; ORBITAL CORTEX; PREFRONTAL CORTEX; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REINFORCEMENT; REVIEW; REWARD; STATE DEPENDENT LEARNING; STIMULUS RESPONSE; ANIMAL; ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; DECISION MAKING; DRIVE; EMOTION; HISTOLOGY; LEARNING; NERVE TRACT; PHYSIOLOGY; PSYCHOMOTOR PERFORMANCE;

AMYGDALA; ANIMALS; BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL; COGNITION; EMOTIONS; INSTINCT; JUDGMENT; LEARNING; NEURAL PATHWAYS; PREFRONTAL CORTEX; PSYCHOMOTOR PERFORMANCE;

EID: 77955863478     PISSN: 09594388     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.conb.2010.02.001     Document Type: Review

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