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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Publicado en:	Behavioral Neuroscience Vol. 126; no. 3; pp. 392 - 404
Autores principales:	Kazama, Andy M., Heuer, Eric, Davis, Michael, Bachevalier, Jocelyne
Formato:	Artículo
Publicado:	American Psychological Association Jun2012
Materias:	Fear Emotions Physiology Amygdaloid body physiology Response inhibition Startle reaction Macaques
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