Synapse-Specific Encoding of Fear Memory in the Amygdala

Stephen Maren

doi:10.1016/j.neuron.2017.08.020

Synapse-Specific Encoding of Fear Memory in the Amygdala

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Abstract

Input specificity is a fundamental property of long-term potentiation (LTP), but it is not known if learning is mediated by synapse-specific plasticity. Kim and Cho (2017) now show that fear conditioning is mediated by synapse-specific LTP in the amygdala, allowing animals to discriminate stimuli that predict threat from those that do not.

Original language	English (US)
Pages (from-to)	988-990
Number of pages	3
Journal	Neuron
Volume	95
Issue number	5
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1016/j.neuron.2017.08.020
State	Published - Aug 30 2017
Externally published	Yes

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