Neuroscientists pinpoint location of fear memory in amygdala
Monday, January 28, 2013 - 12:00
in Psychology & Sociology
Neuroscientists have shed new light on the brain circuit that is involved in fear learning, memory, responses. They show that fear memory is encoded in a subdivision of the central amygdala. In addition, a particular class of neurons, somatostatin-positive neurons, is required to translate that memory into fear responses.