We review recent work on the role of intrinsic amygdala networks in the regulation of
classically conditioned defensive behaviors, commonly known as conditioned fear. These …

Sah, P., ESL Faber, M. Lopez de Armentia, and J. Power. The Amygdaloid Complex:
Anatomy and Physiology. Physiol Rev 83: 803–834, 2003; 10.1152/physrev. 00002.2003 …

Pain perception is essential for survival and can be amplified or suppressed by
expectations, experiences, and context. The neural mechanisms underlying bidirectional …

Fear conditioning and fear extinction are Pavlovian conditioning paradigms extensively
used to study the mechanisms that underlie learning and memory formation. The neural …

We examined the interaction of ethanol with the γ-aminobutyric acid (GABA) ergic system in
neurons of slices of the rat central amygdala nucleus (CeA), a brain region thought to be …

The amygdala is a temporal lobe structure that is the center of emotion processing in the
mammalian brain. Recent interest in the amygdala arises from its role in processing fear and …

The amygdala is important for emotional memory, including learned fear. A number of
studies for amygdala neural circuits that underlie fear conditioning have elucidated specific …

The anterolateral group of the bed nucleus of the stria terminalis (BNSTALG) plays a critical
role in a diverse array of behaviors, although little is known of the physiological properties of …

Homeostatic plasticity of neuronal intrinsic excitability (HPIE) operates to maintain networks
within physiological bounds in response to chronic changes in activity. Classically, this form …

The central nucleus of the amygdala (CeA) orchestrates autonomic and other behavioral
and physiological responses to conditioned stimuli that are aversive or elicit fear. As a …