Cellular processes in the amygdala: Gates to emotional memory?

Hans Christian Pape; Robert B. Driesang; Thomas Heinbockel; T. Rao Laxmi; Susanne Meis; Thomas Seidenbecher; Csaba Szinyei; Uwe Frey; Oliver Stork

doi:10.1078/0944-2006-00029

Cellular processes in the amygdala: Gates to emotional memory?

Hans Christian Pape, Robert B. Driesang, Thomas Heinbockel, T. Rao Laxmi, Susanne Meis, Thomas Seidenbecher, Csaba Szinyei, Uwe Frey, Oliver Stork

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Abstract

The amygdala is considered a core structure of the so-called limbic system and has been implicated in a variety of functions, including emotional interpretation of sensory information, emotional arousal, emotional memory, fear and anxiety, and related clinical disorders. Despite the clinical and functional importance of the amygdala, it is only recently that some general principles of intra-amygdaloid mechanisms of signal processing that are relevant for fear behavior and memory have emerged from behavioral, anatomical, electrophysiological, and neurochemical studies performed in the amygdala of various mammalian species in vivo, in situ and in vitro.

Original language	English (US)
Pages (from-to)	232-240
Number of pages	9
Journal	Zoology
Volume	104
Issue number	3-4
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1078/0944-2006-00029
State	Published - 2001
Externally published	Yes

Keywords

Amygdala
Emotion
Fear
Hippocampus
Memory

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Animal Science and Zoology

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