TY - JOUR
T1 - Amygdala oscillations and the consolidation of emotional memories
AU - Paré, Denis
AU - Collins, Dawn R.
AU - Pelletier, Joe Guillaume
N1 - Funding Information:
We thank P. Giguère and D. Drolet for technical support. Supported by research grants to D.P. from the Canadian Institutes of Health Research and the Center for Molecular and Behavioral Neuroscience of Rutgers University. J.G.P. was supported by a scholarship from FCAR.
PY - 2002/7/1
Y1 - 2002/7/1
N2 - The amygdala receives multi-modal sensory inputs and projects to virtually all levels of the central nervous system. Via these widespread projections, the amygdala facilitates consolidation of emotionally arousing memories. How the amygdala promotes synaptic plasticity elsewhere in the brain remains unknown, however. Recent work indicates that amygdala neurons show theta activity during emotional arousal, and various types of oscillations during sleep. These synchronized neuronal events could promote synaptic plasticity by facilitating interactions between neocortical storage sites and temporal lobe structures involved in declarative memory.
AB - The amygdala receives multi-modal sensory inputs and projects to virtually all levels of the central nervous system. Via these widespread projections, the amygdala facilitates consolidation of emotionally arousing memories. How the amygdala promotes synaptic plasticity elsewhere in the brain remains unknown, however. Recent work indicates that amygdala neurons show theta activity during emotional arousal, and various types of oscillations during sleep. These synchronized neuronal events could promote synaptic plasticity by facilitating interactions between neocortical storage sites and temporal lobe structures involved in declarative memory.
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U2 - 10.1016/S1364-6613(02)01924-1
DO - 10.1016/S1364-6613(02)01924-1
M3 - Review article
AN - SCOPUS:0036645666
SN - 1364-6613
VL - 6
SP - 306
EP - 314
JO - Trends in Cognitive Sciences
JF - Trends in Cognitive Sciences
IS - 7
ER -