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A genetic link between discriminative fear coding by the lateral amygdala, dopamine, and fear generalization

The lateral amygdala (LA) acquires differential coding of predictive and non-predictive fear stimuli that is critical for proper fear memory assignment. The neurotransmitter dopamine is an important modulator of LA activity and facilitates fear memory formation, but whether dopamine neurons aid in t...

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Autores principales: Jones, Graham L, Soden, Marta E, Knakal, Cerise R, Lee, Heather, Chung, Amanda S, Merriam, Elliott B, Zweifel, Larry S
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: eLife Sciences Publications, Ltd 2015
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4621744/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/26402461
http://dx.doi.org/10.7554/eLife.08969