Organization of Valence-Encoding and Projection-Defined Neurons in the Basolateral Amygdala

The basolateral amygdala (BLA) mediates associative learning for both fear and reward. Accumulating evidence supports the notion that different BLA projections distinctly alter motivated behavior, including projections to the nucleus accumbens (NAc), medial aspect of the central amygdala (CeM), and...

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Main Authors: Beyeler, Anna, Chang, Chia-Jung, Silvestre, Margaux, Leveque, Clementine, Namburi, Praneeth, Wildes, Craig P, Tye, Kay M
Other Authors: Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Department of Brain and Cognitive Sciences
Format: Article
Published: Elsevier 2018
Online Access:http://hdl.handle.net/1721.1/114932
https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2371-5706
https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0766-403X
https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1410-8675