Pathways for emotions: Specializations in the amygdalar, mediodorsal thalamic, and posterior orbitofrontal network

Journal of Neuroscience

Volumn 35, Issue 34, 2015, Pages 11976-11987

  Timbie, Clare ^a,b   Barbas, Helen ^a,b  

^a BOSTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b BOSTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Amygdale; Emotion; Orbitofrontal cortex; Prefrontal cortex; Primate; Thalamus

Indexed keywords

CALBINDIN; CALRETININ; PARVALBUMIN; VESICULAR GLUTAMATE TRANSPORTER 1; VESICULAR GLUTAMATE TRANSPORTER 2;

AMYGDALOID NUCLEUS; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; AUTONOMIC INNERVATION; BRIGHT FIELD MICROSCOPY; CONFOCAL LASER MICROSCOPY; DENDRITE; EMOTION; EXCITATORY POSTSYNAPTIC POTENTIAL; FEMALE; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MALE; NERVE CELL NETWORK; NERVE PROJECTION; NEUROANATOMICAL TRACT TRACING; NONHUMAN; ORBITAL CORTEX; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN LOCALIZATION; RHESUS MONKEY; SYNAPSE; THALAMUS DORSOMEDIAL NUCLEUS; ANIMAL; FRONTAL LOBE; NERVE TRACT; PHYSIOLOGY; PREFRONTAL CORTEX; ULTRASTRUCTURE;

AMYGDALA; ANIMALS; EMOTIONS; FEMALE; FRONTAL LOBE; MACACA MULATTA; MALE; MEDIODORSAL THALAMIC NUCLEUS; NEURAL PATHWAYS; PREFRONTAL CORTEX;

EID: 84940399097     PISSN: 02706474     EISSN: 15292401     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1523/JNEUROSCI.2157-15.2015     Document Type: Article

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