The involvement of amygdala neurons and amygdaloid dopaminergic and glutamatergic receptors in the acquisition and reinstatement of fear-potentiated startle in rats.
The basolateral amygdala (BLA) contains NMDA, AMPA, and dopamine (DA) D1 and D2 receptors and neurobiochemical events within the amygdala mediate conditioned-fear-learning (CFL) and fear expression. Long-term potentiation (LTP) occurs in the amygdale during Pavlovian fear conditioning and is associa...
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University of Canterbury. Psychology
2012
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| Online Access: | http://hdl.handle.net/10092/6174 |