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Effects of Neonatal Amygdala Lesions on Fear Learning, Conditioned Inhibition, and Extinction in Adult Macaques.

Fear conditioning studies have demonstrated the critical role played by the amygdala in emotion processing. Although all lesion studies until now investigated the effect of adult-onset damage on fear conditioning, the current study assessed fear-learning abilities, as measured by fear-potentiated st...

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Published in:Behavioral Neuroscience Vol. 126; no. 3; pp. 392 - 404
Main Authors: Kazama, Andy M., Heuer, Eric, Davis, Michael, Bachevalier, Jocelyne
Format: Article
Published: American Psychological Association Jun2012
Subjects:
Fear
Emotions
Physiology
Amygdaloid body physiology
Response inhibition
Startle reaction
Macaques
Online Access:View this record in EBSCOhost