Assignment of model amygdala neurons to the fear memory trace depends on competitive synaptic interactions

Journal of Neuroscience

Volumn 33, Issue 36, 2013, Pages 14354-14358

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

^a University of Missouri   (United States)

^b RUTGERS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

4 AMINOBUTYRIC ACID; ALPHA AMINO 3 HYDROXY 5 METHYL 4 ISOXAZOLEPROPIONIC ACID; CYCLIC AMP RESPONSIVE ELEMENT BINDING PROTEIN; N METHYL DEXTRO ASPARTIC ACID RECEPTOR; VOLTAGE GATED CALCIUM CHANNEL;

AMYGDALOID NUCLEUS; ARTICLE; CONDITIONING; CONNECTOME; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEAR; INTERNEURON; MEMORY; MODEL; NERVE CELL EXCITABILITY; NERVE CELL PLASTICITY; NEUROMODULATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPIKE WAVE; SYNAPSE; SYNAPTIC EFFICACY;

AMYGDALA; ANIMALS; FEAR; HUMANS; MEMORY; MODELS, NEUROLOGICAL; NEURONAL PLASTICITY; NEURONS; SYNAPTIC TRANSMISSION;

EID: 84883392979     PISSN: 02706474     EISSN: 15292401     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1523/JNEUROSCI.2430-13.2013     Document Type: Article

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