Amygdala-prefrontal interactions in (mal)adaptive learning

Trends in Neurosciences

Volumn 38, Issue 3, 2015, Pages 158-166

  Likhtik, Ekaterina ^a   Paz, Rony ^b  

^a Department of Psychiatry   (United States)

^b WEIZMANN INSTITUTE OF SCIENCE   (Israel)

Author keywords

Amygdala; Generalization; Oscillations; Pavlovian learning; Prefrontal cortex; Safety

Indexed keywords

AMYGDALOID NUCLEUS; ANXIETY; AVERSION; BASOLATERAL AMYGDALA; CONDITIONING; DISCRIMINATION LEARNING; FEAR; HUMAN; MALADAPTIVE LEARNING; NEUROBIOLOGY; NONHUMAN; PAVLOVIAN CONDITIONING; PREFRONTAL CORTEX; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECALL; REVIEW; SPECIES; STATE DEPENDENT LEARNING; STIMULUS RESPONSE; THREAT; AMYGDALA; ANIMAL; LEARNING; NERVE TRACT; PHYSIOLOGY;

AMYGDALA; ANIMALS; ASSOCIATION LEARNING; HUMANS; MENTAL RECALL; NEURAL PATHWAYS; PREFRONTAL CORTEX;

EID: 84924569780     PISSN: 01662236     EISSN: 1878108X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.tins.2014.12.007     Document Type: Review

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