Specific targeting of the basolateral amygdala to projectionally defined pyramidal neurons in prelimbic and infralimbic cortex

eNeuro

Volumn 3, Issue 2, 2016, Pages 489-494

  Cheriyan, John ^a   Kaushik, Mahesh K ^a   Ferreira, Ashley N ^b   Sheets, Patrick L ^a,b  

^a INDIANA UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NOTRE DAME   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMYGDALA; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BRAIN ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; FEMALE; FLUORESCENCE IMAGING; HUMAN; LASER MICROSCOPY; MALE; MEDIAL PREFRONTAL CORTEX; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; OPTOGENETICS; PERIAQUEDUCTAL GRAY MATTER; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PYRAMIDAL NERVE CELL; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; ACTION POTENTIAL; ADENOVIRIDAE; ANIMAL; BASOLATERAL AMYGDALA; C57BL MOUSE; CYTOLOGY; DRUG EFFECTS; GENETICS; IN VITRO STUDY; LIMBIC SYSTEM; METABOLISM; NERVE CELL; NERVE TRACT; PATCH CLAMP TECHNIQUE; PHYSIOLOGY; PREFRONTAL CORTEX;

BACTERIAL PROTEIN; CHANNELRHODOPSIN 2, MOUSE; CHOLERA TOXIN; GLUTAMIC ACID; PHOTOPROTEIN; RHODOPSIN; YELLOW FLUORESCENT PROTEIN, BACTERIA;

ACTION POTENTIALS; ADENOVIRIDAE; ANIMALS; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; BASOLATERAL NUCLEAR COMPLEX; CHOLERA TOXIN; FEMALE; GLUTAMIC ACID; IN VITRO TECHNIQUES; LIMBIC SYSTEM; LUMINESCENT PROTEINS; MALE; MICE; MICE, INBRED C57BL; NEURAL PATHWAYS; NEURONS; OPTOGENETICS; PATCH-CLAMP TECHNIQUES; PREFRONTAL CORTEX; RHODOPSIN;

EID: 85019538609     PISSN: None     EISSN: 23732822     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1523/ENEURO.0002-16.2016     Document Type: Article

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