Mechanisms contributing to the induction and storage of Pavlovian fear memories in the lateral amygdala

Learning and Memory

Volumn 20, Issue 8, 2013, Pages 421-430

  Kim, Dongbeom ^a   Pare, Denis ^b   Nair, Satish S ^a  

^a University of Missouri   (United States)

^b RUTGERS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORTICAL AMYGDALA; FEAR; LATERAL AMYGDALA; MEMORY; MOLECULAR MECHANICS; NERVE CELL; NERVE CELL PLASTICITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SYNAPTIC TRANSMISSION; THALAMUS; AMYGDALOID NUCLEUS; ANIMAL; ARTIFICIAL NEURAL NETWORK; CONDITIONING; HUMAN; PHYSIOLOGY;

AMYGDALA; ANIMALS; CONDITIONING (PSYCHOLOGY); FEAR; HUMANS; MEMORY; NEURAL NETWORKS (COMPUTER); NEURONAL PLASTICITY; NEURONS;

EID: 84881085162     PISSN: 10720502     EISSN: 15495485     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1101/lm.030262.113     Document Type: Article

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