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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| Format: | Article |
| Language: | English |
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eLife Sciences Publications Ltd
2015-09-01
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| Series: | eLife |
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| Online Access: | https://elifesciences.org/articles/08969 |