Regulation of the fear network by mediators of stress: Norepinephrine alters the balance between Cortical and Subcortical afferent excitation of the Lateral Amygdala

Regulation of the fear network by mediators of stress: Norepinephrine alters the balance between Cortical and Subcortical afferent excitation of the Lateral Amygdala

Pavlovian auditory fear conditioning crucially involves the integration of information about and acoustic conditioned stimulus (CS) and an aversive unconditioned stimulus (US) in the lateral nucleus of the amygdala (LA). The auditory CS reaches the LA subcortically via a direct connection from the...

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Main Authors: Luke R Johnson, Mian Hou, Eric M Prager, Joseph LeDoux
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Frontiers Media S.A. 2011-05-01
Series:Frontiers in Behavioral Neuroscience
Subjects:
Fear
Thalamus
stress
PTSD
Expression
High Road Low Road Amygdala
Online Access:http://journal.frontiersin.org/Journal/10.3389/fnbeh.2011.00023/full

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