Amygdala-prefrontal synchronization underlies resistance to extinction of aversive memories

Neuron

Volumn 75, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 133-142

  Livneh, Uri ^a   Paz, Rony ^a  

^a WEIZMANN INSTITUTE OF SCIENCE   (Israel)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMYGDALOID NUCLEUS; ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANTERIOR CINGULATE; ARTICLE; AVERSIVE MEMORY; BRAIN NERVE CELL; BRAIN REGION; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; DORSAL ANTERIOR CINGULATE CORTEX; HAPLORHINI; MALE; MEMORY; NONHUMAN; PREDICTION; PREFRONTAL CORTEX; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REINFORCEMENT;

AMYGDALA; ANIMALS; AVOIDANCE LEARNING; CONDITIONING (PSYCHOLOGY); EXTINCTION, PSYCHOLOGICAL; MACACA FASCICULARIS; MALE; MEMORY; NEURAL PATHWAYS; PREFRONTAL CORTEX; REINFORCEMENT SCHEDULE;

EID: 84863817133     PISSN: 08966273     EISSN: 10974199     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.neuron.2012.05.016     Document Type: Article

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