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ReviewTrends in neurosciences2023

From aversive associations to defensive programs: experience-dependent synaptic modifications in the central amygdala.

Mario A Penzo, Justin M Moscarello

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Review in Trends in neurosciences, 2023. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 8 papers.

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0cells of the map it votes in
8citing papers in PubMed
1.9field-weighted citation impact, top 14% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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The abstract states no effect estimate the extractor could read, or names no intervention and outcome on the map, so this paper lights no cell and moves no belief. It is still indexed, cited and linked below.

2 · The registry

The trial behind it

Trials whose registry record cites this paper, or whose number appears in the abstract. A trial that started after this paper was published is citing it as background, not reporting it.

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

8 citing papers in PubMed, 11 citations in OpenAlex.

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  4. mWAKE in the Central Amygdala Regulates Fear Learning and Memory.The Journal of neuroscience : the official journal of the Society for Neuroscience · 2025
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  6. Persistent Threat Avoidance Following Negative Reinforcement Is Not Associated with Elevated State Anxiety.The Journal of neuroscience : the official journal of the Society for Neuroscience · 2025
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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

2 authors at 2 institutions in 1 country.

Mario A PenzoUnit on the Neurobiology of Affective Memory, National Institute of Mental Health, Bethesda, MD, USA.
Justin M MoscarelloDepartment of Psychological & Brain Sciences, Institute for Neuroscience, Texas A&M University, College Station, TX, USA. Electronic address: jmm31@tamu.edu.
National Institute of Mental Health · USTexas A&M University · US

Funding

Dissecting the stress circuits of the paraventricular nucleus of the thalamusZIAMH002950 · NIMH · NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF MENTAL HEALTH · PI PENZO, MARIO · 2016 to 2025
$17.5M
Intramural NIH HHS ZIA MH002950
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Plasticity elicited by fear conditioning (FC) is thought to support the storage of aversive associative memories. Although work over the past decade has revealed FC-induced plasticity beyond canonical sites in the basolateral complex of the amygdala (BLA), it is not known whether modifications across distributed circuits make equivalent or distinct contributions to aversive memory. Here, we review evidence demonstrating that experience-dependent synaptic plasticity in the central nucleus of the amygdala (CeA) has a circumscribed role in memory expression per se, guiding the selection of defensive programs in response to acquired threats. We argue that the CeA may be a key example of a broader phenomenon by which synaptic plasticity at specific nodes of a distributed network makes a complementary contribution to distinct memory processes.

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Central Amygdaloid NucleusAffectFearHumansMemoryNeuronal Plasticityactive avoidanceexperience-dependent synaptic plasticityfear circuitsfear conditioningmemory expressionsomatostatin

Identifiers

PMID37495461
PMCPMC10529247
OpenAlexW4385199155

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