Interplay of Amygdala and Cingulate Plasticity in Emotional Fear

The amygdala is known to be a critical brain region for emotional fear. It is believed that synaptic plasticity within the amygdala is the cellular basis of fear memory. Recent studies demonstrate that cortical areas such as the prefrontal cortex (PFC) and anterior cingulate cortex (ACC) may also co...

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Published in:	Neural Plasticity
Main Authors:	Hiroki Toyoda, Xiang-Yao Li, Long-Jun Wu, Ming-Gao Zhao, Giannina Descalzi, Tao Chen, Kohei Koga, Min Zhuo
Format:	Article
Language:	English
Published:	Wiley 2011-01-01
Online Access:	http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2011/813749