The physiology of fear: Reconceptualizing the role of the central amygdala in fear learning

Physiology

Volumn 30, Issue 5, 2015, Pages 389-401

  Keifer, Orion P ^a,d   Hurt, Robert C ^a,d   Ressler, Kerry J ^a,c,d   Marvar, Paul J ^b  

^a EMORY UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b GEORGE WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE AND HEALTH SCIENCES   (United States)

^c HOWARD HUGHES MEDICAL INSTITUTE   (United States)

^d EMORY UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

NEUROPEPTIDE;

ANIMAL; ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; CENTRAL NUCLEUS (AMYGDALA); CONDITIONING; FEAR; HUMAN; LEARNING; MEMORY; METABOLISM; NERVE CELL PLASTICITY; NERVE TRACT; PHYSIOLOGY;

ANIMALS; ASSOCIATION LEARNING; BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL; CENTRAL AMYGDALOID NUCLEUS; CONDITIONING (PSYCHOLOGY); FEAR; HUMANS; MEMORY; NEURAL PATHWAYS; NEURONAL PLASTICITY; NEUROPEPTIDES;

EID: 84940847467     PISSN: 15489213     EISSN: 15489221     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1152/physiol.00058.2014     Document Type: Review

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