Inhibitory gating of basolateral Amygdala inputs to the prefrontal cortex

Journal of Neuroscience

Volumn 36, Issue 36, 2016, Pages 9391-9406

  McGarry, Laura M ^a   Carter, Adam G ^a  

^a NEW YORK UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Basolateral amygdala; Inhibition; Interneuron; Prefrontal cortex; Projection neuron; Synapse

Indexed keywords

PARVALBUMIN; AMINO ACID RECEPTOR AFFECTING AGENT; CHANNELRHODOPSIN 2, MOUSE; CHOLERA TOXIN; GLUTAMIC ACID; RHODOPSIN; SOMATOSTATIN; SYNAPSIN;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ARTICLE; BASOLATERAL AMYGDALA; CONTROLLED STUDY; DENDRITIC CELL; ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; EVOKED RESPONSE; EXCITATORY POSTSYNAPTIC POTENTIAL; FLUORESCENCE MICROSCOPY; HISTOLOGY; INHIBITORY POSTSYNAPTIC POTENTIAL; INTERNEURON; MALE; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; NUCLEUS ACCUMBENS; OPTOGENETICS; PREFRONTAL CORTEX; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STEREOTAXIC SURGERY; SYNAPTIC INHIBITION; ACTION POTENTIAL; ANIMAL; C57BL MOUSE; CLASSIFICATION; CYTOLOGY; DRUG EFFECTS; GENETICS; METABOLISM; NERVE CELL; NERVE CELL INHIBITION; NERVE TRACT; PHYSIOLOGY; SYNAPTIC POTENTIAL; TRANSGENIC MOUSE;

ACTION POTENTIALS; ANIMALS; BASOLATERAL NUCLEAR COMPLEX; CHOLERA TOXIN; EXCITATORY AMINO ACID AGENTS; GLUTAMIC ACID; MICE; MICE, INBRED C57BL; MICE, TRANSGENIC; NEURAL INHIBITION; NEURAL PATHWAYS; NEURONS; PARVALBUMINS; PREFRONTAL CORTEX; RHODOPSIN; SOMATOSTATIN; SYNAPSINS; SYNAPTIC POTENTIALS;

EID: 84986883248     PISSN: 02706474     EISSN: 15292401     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1523/JNEUROSCI.0874-16.2016     Document Type: Article

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