Optogenetic dissection of amygdala functioning

Frontiers in Behavioral Neuroscience

Volumn 8, Issue MAR, 2014, Pages

  LaLumiere, Ryan T ^a  

^a The University of Iowa   (United States)

Author keywords

Anxiety; Basolateral amygdala; Central amygdala; Channelrhodopsin; Consolidation; Fear; Memory

Indexed keywords

AFFECT; AMYGDALOID NUCLEUS; ANXIETY; ARTICLE; BASOLATERAL AMYGDALA; BEHAVIOR; BRAIN FUNCTION; BRAIN REGION; BRAIN STEM; CELL SUBPOPULATION; CENTRAL NUCLEUS (AMYGDALA); COGNITION; EMOTIONALITY; FEAR; GLUTAMATERGIC NERVE CELL; HUMAN; LEARNING; MEMORY; MEMORY CONSOLIDATION; MOTIVATION; NERVE CELL; NONHUMAN; NUCLEUS ACCUMBENS; OPTOGENETICS; PREFRONTAL CORTEX; REWARD;

EID: 84897063704     PISSN: 16625153     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3389/fnbeh.2014.00107     Document Type: Article

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