Lesions of lateral or central amygdala abolish aversive Pavlovian-to-instrumental transfer in rats.

Lesions of lateral or central amygdala abolish aversive Pavlovian-to-instrumental transfer in rats.

Aversive Pavlovian conditioned stimuli (CSs) elicit defensive reactions (e.g., freezing) and motivate instrumental actions like active avoidance (AA). Pavlovian reactions require connections between the lateral (LA) and central (CeA) nuclei of the amygdala, whereas AA depends on LA and basal amygdal...

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Main Authors: Vincent D Campese, Jeanny eKim, Gabriel eLazaro-Munoz, Lashawn ePena, Joseph E LeDoux, Christopher K Cain
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Frontiers Media S.A. 2014-05-01
Series:Frontiers in Behavioral Neuroscience
Subjects:
Amygdala
rat
pavlovian
transfer
avoidance
Instrumental
Online Access:http://journal.frontiersin.org/Journal/10.3389/fnbeh.2014.00161/full

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