Aversive prediction error signals in the amygdala

Journal of Neuroscience

Volumn 34, Issue 27, 2014, Pages 9024-9033

  McHugh, Stephen B ^a   Barkus, Christopher ^a   Huber, Anna ^a   Capitão, Liliana ^a   Lima, João ^a   Lowry, John P ^b   Bannerman, David M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

^b NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF IRELAND   (Ireland)

Author keywords

Amygdala; Fear; Hemodynamic; Prediction error; Theta oscillations; Tissue oxygen

Indexed keywords

AMYGDALOID NUCLEUS; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BASOLATERAL AMYGDALA; BOLD SIGNAL; CONDITIONING; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISCRIMINATION LEARNING; EVOKED RESPONSE; FEAR; FOOTSHOCK; FREEZING; HEMODYNAMICS; HISTOLOGY; LEARNING; LOCAL FIELD POTENTIAL; LOCOMOTION; MALE; MOUSE; NERVOUS SYSTEM ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; NONHUMAN; OSCILLATION; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

AMYGDALA; FEAR; HEMODYNAMIC; PREDICTION ERROR; THETA OSCILLATIONS; TISSUE OXYGEN;

ACOUSTIC STIMULATION; AMYGDALA; ANIMALS; ANTICIPATION, PSYCHOLOGICAL; AVOIDANCE LEARNING; CONDITIONING, CLASSICAL; DISCRIMINATION LEARNING; ELECTROSHOCK; FEAR; FREEZING REACTION, CATALEPTIC; HEMODYNAMICS; LOCOMOTION; MALE; MICE; MICE, INBRED C57BL; MICE, INBRED CBA; THETA RHYTHM;

EID: 84903643266     PISSN: 02706474     EISSN: 15292401     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1523/JNEUROSCI.4465-13.2014     Document Type: Article

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