Oxytocin Selectively Gates Fear Responses Through Distinct Outputs from the Central Amygdala

• DOI: 10.1126/science.1201043
• Publication Date: 2011-06-30T18:52:51Z
• Authors: Daniele Viviani; Alexandre Charlet; Erwin van den Burg; Camille Robinet; Nicolas Hurni; Marios Abatis; Fulvio Magara; Ron Stoop
• Keywords: Male; Neurons; Patch-Clamp Techniques; Muscimol; [SCCO.NEUR]Cognitive science/Neuroscience; Hypothalamus; Neural Inhibition; Fear; Amygdala; Oxytocin; Rats; Rats, Sprague-Dawley; 03 medical and health sciences; 0302 clinical medicine; Heart Rate; Conditioning, Psychological; Neural Pathways; Animals; Periaqueductal Gray; [SDV.NEU]Life Sciences [q-bio]/Neurons and Cognition [q-bio.NC]; Bombesin; Female; GABA-A Receptor Agonists; Brain Stem

Specific neuronal populations in the amygdala control different behavioral and physiological components of the fear response.