Safety signals in the primate amygdala

Journal of Neuroscience

Volumn 33, Issue 46, 2013, Pages 17986-17994

  Genud Gabai, Rotem ^a   Klavir, Oded ^a   Paz, Rony ^a  

^a WEIZMANN INSTITUTE OF SCIENCE   (Israel)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMYGDALOID NUCLEUS; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; ASSOCIATION; AUDITORY STIMULATION; BEHAVIOR; CONDITIONING; DISCRIMINATION LEARNING; DISCRIMINATIVE STIMULUS; EYELID REFLEX; MACACA FASCICULARIS; MALE; NERVE POTENTIAL; NONHUMAN; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PRIMATE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SAFETY; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; VISUAL STIMULATION;

ACOUSTIC STIMULATION; AMYGDALA; ANIMALS; CONDITIONING, CLASSICAL; CUES; FEAR; LEARNING; MACACA FASCICULARIS; MALE; RANDOM ALLOCATION;

EID: 84887390063     PISSN: 02706474     EISSN: 15292401     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1523/JNEUROSCI.1539-13.2013     Document Type: Article

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