ArticleCurrent opinion in behavioral sciences2019
Central amygdala cells for learning and expressing aversive emotional memories.
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- mWAKE in the Central Amygdala Regulates Fear Learning and Memory.The Journal of neuroscience : the official journal of the Society for Neuroscience · 2025Article
- Central amygdala somatostatin neurons modulate stress-induced sleep-onset insomnia.Communications biology · 2025Article
- Integration of Glucagon-Like Peptide 1 Receptor Actions Through the Central Amygdala.Endocrinology · 2025Review
- Population imaging of internal state circuits relevant to psychiatric disease: a review.Neurophotonics · 2025Review
- PTEN in somatostatin neurons regulates fear and anxiety and is required for inhibitory synaptic connectivity within central amygdala.Frontiers in cellular neuroscience · 2025Article
- An Honest Reckoning With the Amygdala and Mental Illness.The American journal of psychiatry · 2024Review
- Generation and Characterization of a NovelThe Journal of neuroscience : the official journal of the Society for Neuroscience · 2024Article
- Recruitment of hippocampal and thalamic pathways to the central amygdala in the control of feeding behavior under novelty.Brain structure & function · 2024Article
- Recruitment of Hippocampal and Thalamic Pathways to the Central Amygdala in the Control of Feeding Behavior Under Novelty.Research square · 2023Article
- Transcriptomics reveals amygdala neuron regulation by fasting and ghrelin thereby promoting feeding.Science advances · 2023Article
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- The central extended amygdala guides survival-relevant tradeoffs: Implications for understanding common psychiatric disorders.Neuroscience and biobehavioral reviews · 2022Article
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Abstract
Anticipatory defensive responses to an aversive or harmful event depend on memories linking the event with the predictive environmental cues. Extensive evidence indicates that the central amygdala is essential for the acquisition and recall of such memories. The evidence came initially from studies that relied on traditional lesion and pharmacological techniques, and recently from studies in which new methodologies were used to target, record and manipulate neuronal activities with improved precision and specificity. In this review, I will discuss the current understanding of the roles of central amygdala neurons in the learning and expression of defensive behaviors, with a focus on the major neuronal populations identified on the basis of their genetic markers.
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