Optogenetic activation of presynaptic inputs in lateral amygdala forms associative fear memory

Learning and Memory

Volumn 21, Issue 11, 2014, Pages 627-633

  Kwon, Jeong Tae ^a   Nakajima, Ryuichi ^b   Kim, Hyung Su ^a,b   Jeong, Yire ^a   Augustine, George J ^b,c,d   Han, Jin Hee ^a  

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

^b Korea Institute of Science and Technology   (South Korea)

^c NANYANG TECHNOLOGICAL UNIVERSITY   (Singapore)

^d INSTITUTE OF MOLECULAR AND CELL BIOLOGY   (Singapore)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

KYNURENIC ACID;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; ASSOCIATIVE FEAR MEMORY; ASSOCIATIVE MEMORY; AVERSION; BRAIN SLICE; CONTROLLED STUDY; EXCITATORY POSTSYNAPTIC POTENTIAL; FEAR; FOOTSHOCK; GENICULATE NUCLEUS; LATERAL AMYGDALA; MOUSE; NERVE PROJECTION; NONHUMAN; OPTOGENETICS; PHOTOSTIMULATION; PRESYNAPTIC POTENTIAL; PRESYNAPTIC SENSORY INPUT; PYRAMIDAL NERVE CELL; SECONDARY AUDITORY CORTEX; SENSORY STIMULATION; SYNAPSE; SYNAPTIC TRANSMISSION; THALAMUS; ANIMAL; AUDITORY CORTEX; BASOLATERAL AMYGDALA; C57BL MOUSE; CONDITIONED REFLEX; ELECTRIC SHOCK; GENICULATE BODY; MEMORY; NERVE TRACT; PHYSIOLOGY; SYNAPTOSOME;

ANIMALS; AUDITORY CORTEX; BASOLATERAL NUCLEAR COMPLEX; CONDITIONING, CLASSICAL; ELECTROSHOCK; FEAR; GENICULATE BODIES; MEMORY; MICE; MICE, INBRED C57BL; NEURAL PATHWAYS; OPTOGENETICS; PRESYNAPTIC TERMINALS;

EID: 84910135592     PISSN: 10720502     EISSN: 15495485     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1101/lm.035816.114     Document Type: Article

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