Amygdala and Conditioned Responses to Aversive Stimuli

Holahan, Matthew R.

Abstract

Funding Agency

• Agency: National Institute of Health (NIH)
• Institute: National Institute of Mental Health (NIMH)
• Type: Predoctoral Individual National Research Service Award (F31)
• Project #: 5F31MH012369-03
• Application #: 6391707
• Study Section: Special Emphasis Panel (ZRG1-IFCN-1 (01))
• Program Officer: Goldschmidts, Walter L
• Project Start: 2001-06-01
• Budget Start: 2001-06-01
• Budget End: 2002-05-31
• Support Year: 3
• Fiscal Year: 2001
• Total Cost: $22,935

Institution

• Name: Mcgill University
• City: Montreal
• State: PQ
• Country: Canada
• Zip Code: H3 0-G4

Publications

Holahan, Matthew R (2005) Complementary roles for the amygdala and hippocampus during different phases of appetitive information processing. Neurobiol Learn Mem 84:124-31

Holahan, Matthew R; White, Norman M (2004) Amygdala c-Fos induction corresponds to unconditioned and conditioned aversive stimuli but not to freezing. Behav Brain Res 152:109-20

Holahan, Matthew R; White, Norman M (2004) Intra-amygdala muscimol injections impair freezing and place avoidance in aversive contextual conditioning. Learn Mem 11:436-46

Holahan, Matthew R; White, Norman M (2004) Amygdala inactivation blocks expression of conditioned memory modulation and the promotion of avoidance and freezing. Behav Neurosci 118:24-35

White, Norman M; Holahan, Matthew R; Goffaux, Philippe (2003) Involuntary, unreinforced (pure) spatial learning is impaired by fimbria-fornix but not by dorsal hippocampus lesions. Hippocampus 13:324-33

Holahan, Matthew R; White, Norman M (2002) Conditioned memory modulation, freezing, and avoidance as measures of amygdala-mediated conditioned fear. Neurobiol Learn Mem 77:250-75