Functional neuroanatomy of amygdalohippocampal interconnections and their role in learning and memory

Journal of Neuroscience Research

Volumn 95, Issue 3, 2017, Pages 797-820

  McDonald, Alexander J ^a   Mott, David D ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH CAROLINA SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

amygdala; fear conditioning; fear extinction; hippocampus; parahippocampal region; tract tracing

Indexed keywords

4 AMINOBUTYRIC ACID RECEPTOR;

ALZHEIMER DISEASE; AMYGDALA; FUNCTIONAL ANATOMY; HIPPOCAMPUS; HUMAN; LEARNING; MEMORY; MEMORY DISORDER; MENTAL DISEASE; NEUROANATOMY; NEUROLOGIC DISEASE; NONHUMAN; OSCILLATION; PARAHIPPOCAMPAL GYRUS; POSTTRAUMATIC STRESS DISORDER; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PYRAMIDAL NERVE CELL; REVIEW; TEMPORAL LOBE EPILEPSY; ANATOMY AND HISTOLOGY; ANIMAL; NERVE TRACT; PHYSIOLOGY;

AMYGDALA; ANIMALS; HIPPOCAMPUS; HUMANS; LEARNING; NEURAL PATHWAYS; NEUROANATOMY;

EID: 84959136153     PISSN: 03604012     EISSN: 10974547     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/jnr.23709     Document Type: Review

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