Physiological identification and infralimbic responsiveness of rat intercalated amygdala neurons

Journal of Neurophysiology

Volumn 105, Issue 6, 2011, Pages 3054-3066

  Amir, Alon ^a   Amano, Taiju ^a   Pare, Denis ^a  

^a RUTGERS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Extinction; Fear

Indexed keywords

AMYGDALOID NUCLEUS; ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CELL ACTIVITY; CELL LABELING; CONTROLLED STUDY; LIMBIC SYSTEM; NERVE CELL; NEUROPHYSIOLOGY; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; SPIKE; TOPOGRAPHY;

AFFERENT PATHWAYS; AMYGDALA; ANIMALS; BIOTIN; BRAIN STEM; ELECTRIC STIMULATION; INTERNEURONS; MEMBRANE POTENTIALS; NEURONS; PATCH-CLAMP TECHNIQUES; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY; RECEPTORS, OPIOID, MU;

EID: 79959370654     PISSN: 00223077     EISSN: 15221598     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1152/jn.00136.2011     Document Type: Article

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