The paraventricular thalamus controls a central amygdala fear circuit

Mario A. Penzo (), Vincent Robert, Jason Tucciarone, Dimitri De Bundel, Minghui Wang, Linda Van Aelst, Martin Darvas, Luis F. Parada, Richard D. Palmiter, Miao He, Z. Josh Huang and Bo Li ()
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Mario A. Penzo: Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory
Vincent Robert: Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory
Jason Tucciarone: Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory
Dimitri De Bundel: CNRS, UMR-5203, INSERM U661, Institut de Génomique Fonctionnelle, 34090 Montpellier, France
Minghui Wang: Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory
Linda Van Aelst: Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory
Martin Darvas: University of Washington
Luis F. Parada: University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center
Richard D. Palmiter: University of Washington
Miao He: Institutes of Brain Science and State Key Laboratory of Medical Neurobiology, Fudan University
Z. Josh Huang: Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory
Bo Li: Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory

Nature, 2015, vol. 519, issue 7544, 455-459

Abstract: Inhibiting projections from the paraventricular nucleus of the thalamus to a specific division of the amygdala prevents fear conditioning in mice, indicating an important role for the thalamus–amygdala circuit in establishing and maintaining fear responses.

Date: 2015
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