Design of a neurally plausible model of fear learning

Frontiers in Behavioral Neuroscience

Volumn , Issue JULY, 2011, Pages

  Krasne, Franklin B ^a   Fanselow, Michael S ^a   Zelikowsky, Moriel ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Amygdala; Conditioning; Extinction; Fear; Hippocampus; Learning; Model; Neural circuit

Indexed keywords

AMYGDALOID NUCLEUS; ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; ARTICLE; BASAL AMYGDALA; BRAIN CORTEX; CONCEPTUAL FRAMEWORK; CONDITIONING; FEAR; FREEZING; HIPPOCAMPUS; INTERNEURON; LATERAL AMYGDALA; LEARNING; LONG TERM POTENTIATION; MATHEMATICAL MODEL; NERVE CELL NETWORK; NEUROMODULATION; NONHUMAN; POSTSYNAPTIC POTENTIAL; PREFRONTAL CORTEX; REINFORCEMENT; SHOCK; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; SYNAPTIC TRANSMISSION; THALAMUS;

EID: 84855248582     PISSN: 16625153     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3389/fnbeh.2011.00041     Document Type: Article

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