From circuits to behaviour in the amygdala

Nature

Volumn 517, Issue 7534, 2015, Pages 284-292

  Janak, Patricia H ^a,b   Tye, Kay M ^c  

^a JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANATOMY; BRAIN; NEUROLOGY; TECHNOLOGICAL CHANGE;

AMYGDALOID NUCLEUS; BEHAVIOR; FEAR; FUNCTIONAL MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; HIPPOCAMPUS; HUMAN; LEARNING; LONG TERM MEMORY; MEMORY; NERVE CELL PLASTICITY; NERVE POTENTIAL; NEUROTRANSMISSION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REINFORCEMENT; REVIEW; REWARD; VENTROMEDIAL PREFRONTAL CORTEX; ANIMAL; CYTOLOGY; EVOLUTION; NERVE TRACT; PHYSIOLOGY;

AMYGDALA; ANIMALS; BEHAVIOR; BIOLOGICAL EVOLUTION; FEAR; HUMANS; MEMORY; NEURAL PATHWAYS; REWARD;

EID: 84923163629     PISSN: 00280836     EISSN: 14764687     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/nature14188     Document Type: Review

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