Differential Activation of Amygdala Arc Expression By Positive and Negatively Valenced Emotional Learning Conditions

Norepinephrine is released in the amygdala following negatively arousing learning conditions. This event initiates a cascade of changes including the transcription of activity-regulated cytoskeleton-associated protein (Arc) expression, an early-immediate gene associated with memory encoding. Recent...

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Main Authors: Erica eYoung, Cedric L. Williams
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Frontiers Media S.A. 2013-12-01
Series:Frontiers in Behavioral Neuroscience
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Online Access:http://journal.frontiersin.org/Journal/10.3389/fnbeh.2013.00191/full