Dynorphin Controls the Gain of an Amygdalar Anxiety Circuit

Dynorphin Controls the Gain of an Amygdalar Anxiety Circuit

Kappa opioid receptors (KORs) are involved in a variety of aversive behavioral states, including anxiety. To date, a circuit-based mechanism for KOR-driven anxiety has not been described. Here, we show that activation of KORs inhibits glutamate release from basolateral amygdala (BLA) inputs to the b...

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Main Authors: Nicole A. Crowley, Daniel W. Bloodgood, J. Andrew Hardaway, Alexis M. Kendra, Jordan G. McCall, Ream Al-Hasani, Nora M. McCall, Waylin Yu, Zachary L. Schools, Michael J. Krashes, Bradford B. Lowell, Jennifer L. Whistler, Michael R. Bruchas, Thomas L. Kash
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Elsevier 2016-03-01
Series:Cell Reports
Online Access:http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2211124716302042

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