Interplay of amygdala and insular cortex during and after associative taste aversion memory formation

Reviews in the Neurosciences

Volumn 23, Issue 5-6, 2012, Pages 463-471

  Guzman Ramos, Kioko ^b   Bermudez Rattoni, Federico ^a  

^a TEXAS A AND M UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b INSTITUTO DE FISIOLOGÍA CELULAR   (Mexico)

Author keywords

Amygdala; Insular cortex; Postacquisition activity; Taste aversion

Indexed keywords

NEUROTRANSMITTER;

AMYGDALOID NUCLEUS; ARTICLE; BRAIN NERVE CELL; BRAIN REGION; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM; GLUTAMATERGIC SYSTEM; INSULA; LONG TERM POTENTIATION; MEMORY; MEMORY CONSOLIDATION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STATE DEPENDENT LEARNING; TASTE AVERSION;

AMYGDALA; ANIMALS; ASSOCIATION LEARNING; AVOIDANCE LEARNING; CEREBRAL CORTEX; HUMANS; MEMORY; NEURAL PATHWAYS; TASTE;

EID: 84869435140     PISSN: 03341763     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1515/revneuro-2012-0056     Document Type: Article

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