Set of basolateral nuclei of amygdala

Known as: Amygdaloid Basolateral Complex, Amygdalas, Basolateral, Basolateral nuclear group 
A set of amygdalar nuclei bordered laterally by the EXTERNAL CAPSULE and medially by the CENTRAL AMYGDALOID NUCLEUS.
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2011
Highly Cited
2011
Amygdala circuitry mediating reversible and bidirectional control of anxiety
Anxiety—a sustained state of heightened apprehension in the absence of immediate threat—becomes severely debilitating in disease… (More)
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2011
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2011
Dissociable Roles of Prelimbic and Infralimbic Cortices, Ventral Hippocampus, and Basolateral Amygdala in the Expression and Extinction of Conditioned Fear
Current models of conditioned fear expression and extinction involve the basolateral amygdala (BLA), ventral medial prefrontal… (More)
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2005
Highly Cited
2005
Stress duration modulates the spatiotemporal patterns of spine formation in the basolateral amygdala.
It has long been hypothesized that morphological and numerical alterations in dendritic spines underlie long-term structural… (More)
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2005
Highly Cited
2005
The central and basolateral nuclei of the amygdala exhibit opposite diurnal rhythms of expression of the clock protein Period2.
There is considerable evidence that circadian rhythms in mammals can be modulated by emotional state, but how emotional state… (More)
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Highly Cited
2004
Highly Cited
2004
Individual Differences in Trait Anxiety Predict the Response of the Basolateral Amygdala to Unconsciously Processed Fearful Faces
Responses to threat-related stimuli are influenced by conscious and unconscious processes, but the neural systems underlying… (More)
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2004
Highly Cited
2004
Direct interactions between the basolateral amygdala and nucleus accumbens core underlie cocaine-seeking behavior by rats.
An insidious feature of drug craving and drug seeking in humans is that it can be induced and maintained by conditioned stimuli… (More)
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Highly Cited
2003
Highly Cited
2003
Stimulation of medial prefrontal cortex decreases the responsiveness of central amygdala output neurons.
In extinction of auditory fear conditioning, rats learn that a tone no longer predicts the occurrence of a footshock. Recent… (More)
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Highly Cited
2002
Highly Cited
2002
Cellular mechanisms of infralimbic and prelimbic prefrontal cortical inhibition and dopaminergic modulation of basolateral amygdala neurons in vivo.
The basolateral amygdala (BLA) is believed to be involved in schizophrenia, depression, and other disorders that display… (More)
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Highly Cited
1997
Highly Cited
1997
Different types of fear-conditioned behaviour mediated by separate nuclei within amygdala
The amygdala has long been thought to be involved in emotional behaviour, and its role in anxiety and conditioned fear has been… (More)
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Highly Cited
1996
Highly Cited
1996
Neurotoxic lesions of basolateral, but not central, amygdala interfere with Pavlovian second-order conditioning and reinforcer devaluation effects.
Considerable evidence suggests that various discrete nuclei within the amygdala complex are critically involved in the assignment… (More)
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