A neuronal basis for fear discrimination in the lateral amygdala
When perceiving new stimuli, organisms need to distinguish between threats versus harmless stimuli. Here, the authors find a set of cells in the lateral amygdala that is required to discriminate or generalize new auditory stimuli based on similarity to previously fear-associate sounds.
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| Format: | Article |
| Language: | English |
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Nature Publishing Group
2018-03-01
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| Series: | Nature Communications |
| Online Access: | https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-018-03682-2 |