Fear conditioning potentiates synaptic transmission onto long-range projection neurons in the lateral subdivision of central amygdala

Journal of Neuroscience

Volumn 34, Issue 7, 2014, Pages 2432-2437

  Penzo, Mario A ^a   Robert, Vincent ^a,b   Li, Bo ^a  

^a Howard Hughes Medical Institute Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory Cold Spring Harbor   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITÉ PARIS SACLAY   (France)

Author keywords

Central amygdala; Connectivity; Fear conditioning; Synaptic plasticity

Indexed keywords

CENTRAL AMYGDALA; CONNECTIVITY; FEAR CONDITIONING; SYNAPTIC PLASTICITY;

AMYGDALA; ANIMALS; CONDITIONING, CLASSICAL; FEAR; FEMALE; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MALE; MICE; MICE, INBRED C57BL; NEURAL PATHWAYS; NEURONS; ORGAN CULTURE TECHNIQUES; PATCH-CLAMP TECHNIQUES; SYNAPTIC TRANSMISSION;

EID: 84893710114     PISSN: 02706474     EISSN: 15292401     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1523/JNEUROSCI.4166-13.2014     Document Type: Article

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