The amygdala: Securing pleasure and avoiding pain

Frontiers in Behavioral Neuroscience

Volumn 7, Issue DEC, 2013, Pages

  Fernando, Anushka B P ^a   Murray, Jennifer E ^a   Milton, Amy L ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Amygdala; Appetitive and aversive conditioning; Corticostriatal pathway; Memory; Pavlovian

Indexed keywords

AMYGDALOID NUCLEUS; APPETITE; AVERSIVE BEHAVIOR; AVOIDANCE BEHAVIOR; BASOLATERAL AMYGDALA; BRAIN CORTEX; BRAIN FUNCTION; CONDITIONED MOTIVATION; CONDITIONED REINFORCEMENT; DISCRIMINATION LEARNING; HUMAN; MEMORY CONSOLIDATION; MOTIVATION; NERVE CELL; NONHUMAN; PAIN; PAVLOVIAN CONDITIONING; PLEASURE; PREFRONTAL CORTEX; PSYCHOLOGICAL THEORY; REINFORCEMENT; REVIEW; STRIATE CORTEX;

EID: 84889799692     PISSN: 16625153     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3389/fnbeh.2013.00190     Document Type: Review

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