Amygdala microcircuits mediating fear expression and extinction

Current Opinion in Neurobiology

Volumn 22, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 717-723

  Pare, Denis ^a   Duvarci, Sevil ^a  

^a RUTGERS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMYGDALOID NUCLEUS; BRAIN CELL; BRAIN FUNCTION; BRAIN REGION; CENTRAL NUCLEUS (AMYGDALA); CONDITIONING; FEAR; GABAERGIC SYSTEM; LATERAL AMYGDALA; NERVE CELL NETWORK; NEUROTRANSMISSION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECALL; REINFORCEMENT; REVIEW; STIMULUS RESPONSE; TASK PERFORMANCE;

AMYGDALA; ANIMALS; EXTINCTION, PSYCHOLOGICAL; FEAR; HUMANS; NERVE NET;

EID: 84865977497     PISSN: 09594388     EISSN: 18736882     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.conb.2012.02.014     Document Type: Review

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