Central amygdala somatostatin neurons gate passive and active defensive behaviors

Journal of Neuroscience

Volumn 36, Issue 24, 2016, Pages 6488-6496

  Yu, Kai ^a   da Silva, Pedro Garcia ^a,b   Albeanu, Dinu F ^a   Li, Bo ^a  

^a Simons Center for Quantitative Biology   (United States)

^b CHAMPALIMAUD CENTRE FOR THE UNKNOWN   (Portugal)

Author keywords

Active avoidance; Central amygdala; Fear; Fiber optic photometry; Optogenetics; Somatostatin neurons

Indexed keywords

SOMATOSTATIN; SOMATOSTATIN RECEPTOR; PHOTOPROTEIN;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ARTICLE; CENTRAL NUCLEUS (AMYGDALA); DEFENSIVE BEHAVIOR; FEAR CONDITIONING TEST; FEMALE; FIBER OPTICS; FREEZING; LICKING; MALE; NONHUMAN; OPTOGENETICS; PHOTOMETRY; PHOTOSTIMULATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STEREOTAXIC SURGERY; AMYGDALA; ANIMAL; AVOIDANCE BEHAVIOR; C57BL MOUSE; CONDITIONED REFLEX; CYTOLOGY; DEFENSE MECHANISM; DRINKING BEHAVIOR; FEAR; GENETIC TRANSDUCTION; GENETICS; METABOLISM; MOUSE; NERVE CELL; PHYSIOLOGY; TRANSGENIC MOUSE;

AMYGDALA; ANIMALS; AVOIDANCE LEARNING; CONDITIONING, CLASSICAL; DEFENSE MECHANISMS; DRINKING BEHAVIOR; FEAR; LUMINESCENT PROTEINS; MICE; MICE, INBRED C57BL; MICE, TRANSGENIC; NEURONS; OPTOGENETICS; SOMATOSTATIN; TRANSDUCTION, GENETIC;

EID: 84974828468     PISSN: 02706474     EISSN: 15292401     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1523/JNEUROSCI.4419-15.2016     Document Type: Article

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