Functional properties and projections of neurons in the medial amygdala

Journal of Neuroscience

Volumn 34, Issue 26, 2014, Pages 8699-8715

  Keshavarzi, Sepideh ^a   Sullivan, Robert K P ^a   Ianno, Damian J ^a   Sah, Pankaj ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

Author keywords

Amygdala; Predator; Reproductive; Smell

Indexed keywords

4 AMINOBUTYRIC ACID; 4 AMINOBUTYRIC ACID RECEPTOR; BIOCYTIN; CALBINDIN; CALRETININ; GREEN FLUORESCENT PROTEIN; NEURON SPECIFIC NUCLEAR PROTEIN; PARVALBUMIN; SOMATOSTATIN;

ADULT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CELL STRUCTURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DENDRITE; ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; HYPOTHALAMUS NUCLEUS; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; INHIBITORY POSTSYNAPTIC POTENTIAL; MALE; MEDIAL AMYGDALA; MOUSE; NERVE PROJECTION; NONHUMAN; OLFACTORY BULB; OLFACTORY SYSTEM; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PYRIFORM CORTEX; SPIKE;

AMYGDALA; PREDATOR; REPRODUCTIVE; SMELL;

AMYGDALA; ANIMALS; GABAERGIC NEURONS; MALE; MICE; NEURONS; OLFACTORY BULB; OLFACTORY PATHWAYS;

EID: 84903162172     PISSN: 02706474     EISSN: 15292401     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1523/JNEUROSCI.1176-14.2014     Document Type: Article

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