Amygdala regulates risk of predation in rats foraging in a dynamic fear environment

Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America

Volumn 107, Issue 50, 2010, Pages 21773-21777

  Choi, June Seek ^a   Kim, Jeansok J ^b  

^a Korea University   (South Korea)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

Author keywords

Brain lesions; Decision making; Loss aversion; Risk taking

Indexed keywords

AMYGDALOID NUCLEUS; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; ENVIRONMENT; FEAR; FORAGER; FORAGING BEHAVIOR; NONHUMAN; PREDATION RISK; PREDATOR PREY INTERACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; ROBOTICS;

AMYGDALA; ANIMALS; BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL; BICUCULLINE; ENVIRONMENT; FEAR; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; GABA-A RECEPTOR AGONISTS; GABA-A RECEPTOR ANTAGONISTS; GAMMA-AMINOBUTYRIC ACID; MUSCIMOL; PREDATORY BEHAVIOR; RATS; RATS, LONG-EVANS;

ANIMALIA; RATTUS;

EID: 78650726074     PISSN: 00278424     EISSN: 10916490     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1073/pnas.1010079108     Document Type: Article

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