The role of the lateral amygdala in the retrieval and maintenance of fear-memories formed by repeated probabilistic reinforcement

Frontiers in Behavioral Neuroscience

Volumn , Issue MARCH 2012, 2012, Pages 1-23

  Erlich, Jeffrey C ^a   Bush, David E A ^b   leDoux, Joseph E ^a  

^a PRINCETON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b NEW YORK UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Amygdala; Cholecystokinin; Fear; Muscimol; Partial reinforcement; Rats; Recovery

Indexed keywords

4 AMINOBUTYRIC ACID A RECEPTOR; CHOLECYSTOKININ B RECEPTOR; MUSCIMOL; PENTAGASTRIN;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CONDITIONING; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEAR; FOOTSHOCK; LATERAL AMYGDALA; MALE; MEMORY CONSOLIDATION; MOTIVATION; NERVE CELL EXCITABILITY; NONHUMAN; RAT; RECALL; REINFORCEMENT;

EID: 84859042597     PISSN: 16625153     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3389/fnbeh.2012.00016     Document Type: Article

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