Conditioned fear is modulated by D2 receptor pathway connecting the ventral tegmental area and basolateral amygdala

Neurobiology of Learning and Memory

Volumn 95, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 37-45

  de Oliveira, Amanda Ribeiro ^a   Reimer, Adriano Edgar ^a   Macedo, Carlos Eduardo Antunes de ^a   Carvalho, Milene Cristina de ^a   Silva, Maria Angélica de Souza ^b   Brandão, Marcus Lira ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

^b HEINRICH HEINE UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

Author keywords

Basolateral amygdala; Conditioned freezing; Dopamine; Fear potentiated startle; Microdialysis; Ventral tegmental area

Indexed keywords

DOPAMINE 2 RECEPTOR;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ANXIETY; ARTICLE; BASOLATERAL AMYGDALA; BRAIN FUNCTION; CONDITIONING; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOPAMINERGIC SYSTEM; FEAR; FREEZING; LOCOMOTION; MALE; MICRODIALYSIS; MOTOR PERFORMANCE; NONHUMAN; RAT; VENTRAL TEGMENTUM;

EID: 78651251890     PISSN: 10747427     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.nlm.2010.10.005     Document Type: Article

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