The fear circuit of the mouse forebrain: Connections between the mediodorsal thalamus, frontal cortices and basolateral amygdala

European Journal of Neuroscience

Volumn 39, Issue 11, 2014, Pages 1810-1823

  Mátyás, Ferenc ^a   Lee, Joonhyuk ^b,c   Shin, Hee Sup ^b,c   Acsády, László ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF EXPERIMENTAL MEDICINE   (Hungary)

^b Institute for Basic Science   (South Korea)

^c Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology (KAIST)   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Amygdala; Connectivity; Prefrontal cortex; Thalamocortical network; Tracing

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BASOLATERAL AMYGDALA; BRAIN MAPPING; BRAIN NERVE CELL; BRAIN REGION; BRAIN SIZE; CONNECTOME; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEAR; FRONTAL CORTEX; INSULA; MALE; MEDIAL PREFRONTAL CORTEX; MOTOR CORTEX; MOUSE; NEOCORTEX; NERVE FIBER; NERVE PROJECTION; NONHUMAN; ORBITAL CORTEX; PREFRONTAL CORTEX; PRIORITY JOURNAL; THALAMUS DORSOMEDIAL NUCLEUS; AMYGDALOID NUCLEUS; ANIMAL; C57BL MOUSE; CYTOLOGY; FRONTAL LOBE; NERVE CELL NETWORK; NERVE TRACT; PHYSIOLOGY; THALAMUS;

AMYGDALA; ANIMALS; FEAR; FRONTAL LOBE; MALE; MICE; MICE, INBRED C57BL; NERVE NET; NEURAL PATHWAYS; THALAMUS;

EID: 84901659753     PISSN: 0953816X     EISSN: 14609568     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/ejn.12610     Document Type: Article

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