Differential contribution of amygdala and hippocampus to cued and contextual fear conditioning.

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Summary

An associative roles for the amygdala and a sensory relay role for the hippocampus are suggested in fear conditioning, which is involved in the conditioning of fear responses to simple, modality-specific conditioned stimuli as well as to complex, polymodal stimuli.

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1992-04-01
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Amygdala, Fear conditioning, Psychology, Fear processing in the brain, Neuroscience

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