Mechanisms underlying the formation of the amygdalar fear memory trace: A computational perspective

Neuroscience

Volumn 322, Issue , 2016, Pages 370-376

  Feng, F ^a   Samarth, P ^a   Pare D ^b   Nair, S S ^a  

^a University of Missouri   (United States)

^b RUTGERS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Biophysical model; Hebbian learning; Sparse coding

Indexed keywords

AMYGDALOID NUCLEUS; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEAR; MEMORY; NERVE CELL NETWORK; NERVE CELL PLASTICITY; NERVE EXCITABILITY; NEUROMODULATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SYNAPTIC INHIBITION; ACTION POTENTIAL; AMYGDALA; ANIMAL; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; COMPUTER SIMULATION; METABOLISM; NERVE CELL; PHYSIOLOGY;

CYCLIC AMP RESPONSIVE ELEMENT BINDING PROTEIN;

ACTION POTENTIALS; AMYGDALA; ANIMALS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; CYCLIC AMP RESPONSE ELEMENT-BINDING PROTEIN; FEAR; MEMORY; MODELS, NEUROLOGICAL; NEURONAL PLASTICITY; NEURONS;

EID: 84959458475     PISSN: 03064522     EISSN: 18737544     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.neuroscience.2016.02.059     Document Type: Article

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