Dendritic structural plasticity in the basolateral amygdala after fear conditioning and its extinction in mice

Behavioural Brain Research

Volumn 248, Issue , 2013, Pages 80-84

  Heinrichs, Stephen C ^a   Leite Morris, Kimberly A ^a,b   Guy, Marsha D ^a   Goldberg, Lisa R ^a,b   Young, Angela J ^a   Kaplan, Gary B ^a,b  

^a VA BOSTON HEALTHCARE SYSTEM   (United States)

^b BOSTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Basolateral amygdala; Conditioned fear; Dendrites; Extinction; Post traumatic stress disorder; Synaptic plasticity

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; ASSOCIATION; BASOLATERAL AMYGDALA; BEHAVIOR CHANGE; CONDITIONING; CONTROLLED STUDY; DENDRITE; EXPERIMENTAL TEST; FEAR; FOOTSHOCK; GOLGI STAIN; MALE; MOUSE; NERVE CELL PLASTICITY; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REINFORCEMENT; STIMULUS RESPONSE;

AMYGDALA; ANIMALS; CONDITIONING (PSYCHOLOGY); DENDRITES; ELECTROSHOCK; EXTINCTION, PSYCHOLOGICAL; FEAR; MALE; MICE; MICE, INBRED C57BL; NEURONAL PLASTICITY; NEURONS;

EID: 84877139017     PISSN: 01664328     EISSN: 18727549     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.bbr.2013.03.048     Document Type: Article

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