Regulation of the fear network by mediators of stress: Norepinephrine alters the balance between cortical and subcortical afferent excitation of the lateral amygdala

Frontiers in Behavioral Neuroscience

Volumn , Issue MAY, 2011, Pages

  Johnson, Luke R ^a   Hou, Mian ^b   Prager, Eric M ^a   LeDoux, Joseph E ^b  

^a UNIFORMED SERVICES UNIVERSITY OF THE HEALTH SCIENCES   (United States)

^b NEW YORK UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Fear; Fear conditioning; High road; Low road; PTSD; Stress

Indexed keywords

BETA ADRENERGIC RECEPTOR; NORADRENALIN;

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BRAIN CORTEX; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEAR; LATERAL AMYGDALA; NERVE CELL STIMULATION; NONHUMAN; RAT; SENSORY NERVE; STRESS; SUBCORTEX; SYNAPTIC TRANSMISSION;

EID: 84855211386     PISSN: 16625153     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3389/fnbeh.2011.00023     Document Type: Article

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