Impact of basal forebrain cholinergic inputs on basolateral amygdala neurons

Journal of Neuroscience

Volumn 35, Issue 2, 2015, Pages 853-863

  Unal, Cagri T ^a   Pare, Denis ^a   Zaborszky, Laszlo ^a  

^a RUTGERS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Acetylcholine; Amygdala; Emotion; Fear; Memory; State dependence

Indexed keywords

ACETYLCHOLINE; BIOCYTIN; CHOLINE ACETYLTRANSFERASE; CRE RECOMBINASE; MUSCARINIC M1 RECEPTOR; RHODOPSIN;

ACETYLCHOLINE RELEASE; ADENO ASSOCIATED VIRUS; ADULT; AMYGDALOID NUCLEUS; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BRAIN ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; CHOLINERGIC NERVE CELL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEPOLARIZATION; EXCITATORY POSTSYNAPTIC POTENTIAL; FEAR; FEMALE; FOREBRAIN; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; INHIBITORY POSTSYNAPTIC POTENTIAL; INTERNEURON; MALE; MEMORY; MOUSE; NERVE CELL PLASTICITY; NERVE FIBER; NONHUMAN; OPTOGENETICS; PATCH CLAMP TECHNIQUE; PERCEPTIVE THRESHOLD; PHOTOSTIMULATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; SIGNAL NOISE RATIO; STEREOTACTIC PROCEDURE; VOLTAGE CLAMP TECHNIQUE; ANIMAL; CYTOLOGY; METABOLISM; PHYSIOLOGY;

ACETYLCHOLINE; AMYGDALA; ANIMALS; CHOLINERGIC NEURONS; EXCITATORY POSTSYNAPTIC POTENTIALS; MICE; PROSENCEPHALON; RECEPTOR, MUSCARINIC M1;

EID: 84920964407     PISSN: 02706474     EISSN: 15292401     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1523/JNEUROSCI.2706-14.2015     Document Type: Article

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