Inactivation of basolateral amygdala specifically eliminates palatability-related information in cortical sensory responses

Journal of Neuroscience

Volumn 32, Issue 29, 2012, Pages 9981-9991

  Piette, Caitlin E ^a   Baez Santiago, Madelyn A ^a   Reid, Emily E ^a   Katz, Donald B ^a   Moran, Anan ^a  

^a BRANDEIS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACTION POTENTIAL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BASOLATERAL AMYGDALA; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; FEMALE; GUSTATORY CORTEX; HABITUAL ADAPTATION; HISTOLOGY; NONHUMAN; PALATABILITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; SPIKE WAVE; TASTE ACUITY;

ACTION POTENTIALS; AMYGDALA; ANIMALS; FEMALE; GABA-A RECEPTOR AGONISTS; MUSCIMOL; NEURONS; RATS; RATS, LONG-EVANS; TASTE; TASTE PERCEPTION;

EID: 84863946242     PISSN: 02706474     EISSN: 15292401     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1523/JNEUROSCI.0669-12.2012     Document Type: Article

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