Evidence map›Paper›PMID 28439099›Full record

ArticleMolecular psychiatry2018

Optogenetic silencing of a corticotropin-releasing factor pathway from the central amygdala to the bed nucleus of the stria terminalis disrupts sustained fear.

A Asok, A Draper, A F Hoffman, J Schulkin, C R Lupica, J B Rosen

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Article in Molecular psychiatry, 2018. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 57 papers.

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57citing papers in PubMed
18.5field-weighted citation impact, top 1% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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2 · The registry

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

57 citing papers in PubMed, 106 citations in OpenAlex.

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  3. Chronic stress enhances threat responding and impacts fear extinction.Learning & memory (Cold Spring Harbor, N.Y.) · 2026
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  5. Developmental Shifts in Amygdala Function.Current topics in behavioral neurosciences · 2025
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  16. A sex-specific role for the bed nucleus of the stria terminalis in proactive defensive behavior.Neuropsychopharmacology : official publication of the American College of Neuropsychopharmacology · 2023
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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

6 authors at 3 institutions in 1 country.

A AsokDepartment of Psychological and Brain Sciences, University of Delaware, Newark, DE, USA.ORCID 0000-0001-9056-8799
A DraperDepartment of Psychological and Brain Sciences, University of Delaware, Newark, DE, USA.
A F HoffmanElectrophysiology Research Section, Cellular Neurobiology Research Branch, National Institute on Drug Abuse Intramural Research Program, Baltimore, MD, USA.
J SchulkinDepartment of Neuroscience, Georgetown University, Washington, DC, USA.
C R LupicaElectrophysiology Research Section, Cellular Neurobiology Research Branch, National Institute on Drug Abuse Intramural Research Program, Baltimore, MD, USA.
J B RosenDepartment of Psychological and Brain Sciences, University of Delaware, Newark, DE, USA.
University of Delaware · USNational Institute on Drug Abuse · USGeorgetown University · US

Funding

Predictive Modeling & Optimal Control Framework for Model-Based Epidemic Response in DelawareP20GM103446 · NIGMS · UNIVERSITY OF DELAWARE · PI Anjana Narayan Bhat · 2012 to 2026
$67.2M
Updated confocal microscope in the Imaging Core facility to support biomedical researchP20GM103653 · NIGMS · DELAWARE STATE UNIVERSITY · PI HARRINGTON, MELISSA A · 2012 to 2022
$22.7M
Mechanisms of Context Conditioning in the Developing RatR01HD075066 · NICHD · UNIVERSITY OF DELAWARE · PI ROSEN, JEFFREY B, STANTON, MARK E. · 2014 to 2016
$863k
NICHD NIH HHS R01 HD075066NIGMS NIH HHS P20 GM103446NIGMS NIH HHS P20 GM103653
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

The lateral central nucleus of the amygdala (CeA

Indexed as

AmygdalaAnimalsAnxietyCentral Amygdaloid NucleusConditioning, ClassicalCorticotropin-Releasing HormoneFearMaleMemoryNeuronsOptogeneticsRatsRats, Inbred SHRSeptal NucleiThalamusCorticotropin-Releasing Hormone

Identifiers

PMID28439099
PMCPMC5656568
OpenAlexW2607960418

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