Amygdala inputs to prefrontal cortex guide behavior amid conflicting cues of reward and punishment

Nature Neuroscience

Volumn 20, Issue 6, 2017, Pages 824-835

  Burgos Robles, Anthony ^a,b   Kimchi, Eyal Y ^a,b   Izadmehr, Ehsan M ^a   Porzenheim, Mary Jane ^a   Ramos Guasp, William A ^a   Nieh, Edward H ^a   Felix Ortiz, Ada C ^a   Namburi, Praneeth ^a   Leppla, Christopher A ^a   Presbrey, Kara N ^a   Anandalingam, Kavitha K ^a   Pagan Rivera, Pablo A ^a   Anahtar, Melodi ^a   Beyeler, Anna ^a   Tye, Kay M ^a  

^a MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^b MASSACHUSETTS GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMYGDALA; ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BASOLATERAL AMYGDALA; BEHAVIOR; BRAIN ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; BRAIN NERVE CELL; COMPETITION; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; MALE; NONHUMAN; OPTOGENETICS; PHOTOSTIMULATION; PREDICTION; PREFRONTAL CORTEX; PRELIMBIC CORTEX; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PUNISHMENT; RAT; REWARD; ACTION POTENTIAL; ANIMAL; ASSOCIATION; CONDITIONED REFLEX; DRUG EFFECTS; ELECTROSTIMULATION; MICROINJECTION; NERVE CELL INHIBITION; NERVE TRACT; PERCEPTIVE DISCRIMINATION; PHYSIOLOGY; TONIC IMMOBILITY; TRANSGENIC RAT;

2 AMINO 5 PHOSPHONOVALERIC ACID; 2,3-DIOXO-6-NITRO-7-SULFAMOYLBENZO(F)QUINOXALINE; QUINOXALINE DERIVATIVE; SUCROSE;

2-AMINO-5-PHOSPHONOVALERATE; ACTION POTENTIALS; AMYGDALA; ANIMALS; CONDITIONING, CLASSICAL; CUES; DISCRIMINATION (PSYCHOLOGY); ELECTRIC STIMULATION; IMMOBILITY RESPONSE, TONIC; MALE; MICROINJECTIONS; NEURAL INHIBITION; NEURAL PATHWAYS; PREFRONTAL CORTEX; PUNISHMENT; QUINOXALINES; RATS; RATS, TRANSGENIC; REWARD; SUCROSE;

EID: 85018414229     PISSN: 10976256     EISSN: 15461726     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/nn.4553     Document Type: Article

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