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Fear conditioning induces a lasting potentiation of synaptic currents in vitro

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Double Dissociation between the Involvement of the Bed Nucleus of the Stria Terminalis and the Central Nucleus of the Amygdala in Startle Increases Produced by Conditioned versus Unconditioned Fear

1997 • 628 citations

Neurobiology of fear responses: the role of the amygdala

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The Amygdala and Fear Conditioning: Has the Nut Been Cracked?

1996 • 405 citations

A model of hippocampal memory encoding and retrieval: GABAergic control of synaptic plasticity

1998 • 330 citations

Retrograde abolition of conditional fear after excitotoxic lesions in the basolateral amygdala of rats: Absence of a temporal gradient.

1996 • 280 citations

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1996 • 254 citations

Physiological Memory in Primary Auditory Cortex: Characteristics and Mechanisms

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A Million Dollar Question: Does LTP = Memory?

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Basolateral amygdala is not critical for cognitive memory of contextual fear conditioning

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The Nature of Reinforcement in Cerebellar Learning

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