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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Main Authors: Anna Grosso, Giulia Santoni, Eugenio Manassero, Annamaria Renna, Benedetto Sacchetti
Format: article
Language:EN
Published: Nature Portfolio 2018
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Online Access:https://doaj.org/article/4a24ec399d04407bbfad1e4e66d1588e
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