Synaptic mechanisms underlying strong reciprocal connectivity between the medial prefrontal cortex and basolateral amygdala

Journal of Neuroscience

Volumn 33, Issue 39, 2013, Pages 15333-15342

  Little, Justin P ^a   Carter, Adam G ^a  

^a NEW YORK UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

4 AMINOBUTYRIC ACID A RECEPTOR; N METHYL DEXTRO ASPARTIC ACID RECEPTOR;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BASOLATERAL AMYGDALA; CELL DENSITY; CELL FUNCTION; CELL STRUCTURE; COGNITION; CONFOCAL MICROSCOPY; CORTICOAMYGDALAR NEURON; CORTICOCORTICAL NEURON; ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; EMOTION; FLUORESCENCE MICROSCOPY; HISTOLOGY; MOUSE; NERVE CELL; NERVE CELL NETWORK; NONHUMAN; OPTOGENETICS; PREFRONTAL CORTEX; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STEREOTACTIC PROCEDURE; SYNAPTIC POTENTIAL; SYNAPTIC TRANSMISSION;

AMYGDALA; ANIMALS; DENDRITIC SPINES; EXCITATORY POSTSYNAPTIC POTENTIALS; MICE; MICROSCOPY, FLUORESCENCE, MULTIPHOTON; OPTOGENETICS; PREFRONTAL CORTEX; PYRAMIDAL CELLS; SYNAPSES;

EID: 84884582543     PISSN: 02706474     EISSN: 15292401     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1523/JNEUROSCI.2385-13.2013     Document Type: Article

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