Out with the old and in with the new: Synaptic mechanisms of extinction in the amygdala

Brain Research

Volumn 1621, Issue , 2015, Pages 231-238

  Maren, Stephen ^a  

^a TEXAS A AND M UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Depotentiation; Extinction; Fear conditioning; Interneuron; Learning; Long term potentiation; Memory

Indexed keywords

CALCINEURIN; PROTEIN KINASE B;

AMYGDALOID NUCLEUS; ASSOCIATIVE LEARNING TEST; EMOTION; FEAR; GABAERGIC SYSTEM; INTERNEURON; LONG TERM DEPRESSION; LONG TERM POTENTIATION; MEMORY CONSOLIDATION; NERVE CELL PLASTICITY; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN DEPHOSPHORYLATION; REVIEW; SYNAPTIC TRANSMISSION; THALAMUS; AMYGDALA; CONDITIONED REFLEX; HUMAN; MALE; METABOLISM; NERVE CELL; NERVE CELL INHIBITION; PHOSPHORYLATION; PHYSIOLOGY; REINFORCEMENT; SYNAPSE;

AMYGDALA; CONDITIONING, CLASSICAL; EXTINCTION, PSYCHOLOGICAL; FEAR; HUMANS; INTERNEURONS; MALE; NEURAL INHIBITION; NEURONAL PLASTICITY; NEURONS; PHOSPHORYLATION; PROTO-ONCOGENE PROTEINS C-AKT; SYNAPSES; SYNAPTIC TRANSMISSION;

EID: 84941599520     PISSN: 00068993     EISSN: 18726240     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.brainres.2014.10.010     Document Type: Review

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