A neuronal basis for fear discrimination in the lateral amygdala
When perceiving new stimuli, organisms need to distinguish between threats versus harmless stimuli. Here, the authors find a set of cells in the lateral amygdala that is required to discriminate or generalize new auditory stimuli based on similarity to previously fear-associate sounds.
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Nature Portfolio
2018
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Acceso en línea: | https://doaj.org/article/4a24ec399d04407bbfad1e4e66d1588e |
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Sumario: | When perceiving new stimuli, organisms need to distinguish between threats versus harmless stimuli. Here, the authors find a set of cells in the lateral amygdala that is required to discriminate or generalize new auditory stimuli based on similarity to previously fear-associate sounds. |
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