Physiological basis for emotional modulation of memory circuits by the amygdala

Current Opinion in Neurobiology

Volumn 23, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 381-386

  Paz, Rony ^a   Pare, Denis ^b  

^a WEIZMANN INSTITUTE OF SCIENCE   (Israel)

^b RUTGERS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMYGDALOID NUCLEUS; BASAL GANGLION; BRAIN NERVE CELL; BRAIN REGION; CORPUS STRIATUM; EMOTION; HIPPOCAMPUS; HUMAN; LEARNING; NERVE CELL NETWORK; NERVE CELL PLASTICITY; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW;

AMYGDALA; ANIMALS; BRAIN; EMOTIONS; HUMANS; MEMORY; NEURAL PATHWAYS; NEURONAL PLASTICITY;

EID: 84878370790     PISSN: 09594388     EISSN: 18736882     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.conb.2013.01.008     Document Type: Review

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