The Ministry of Fear: 'The Conjuring' of Fright in the Amygdala by the Raphe

Praachi Tiwari; Sashaina E Fanibunda; Vidita A Vaidya

doi:10.1016/j.neuron.2019.07.020

The Ministry of Fear: 'The Conjuring' of Fright in the Amygdala by the Raphe

Neuron. 2019 Aug 7;103(3):356-358. doi: 10.1016/j.neuron.2019.07.020.

Authors

Praachi Tiwari¹, Sashaina E Fanibunda¹, Vidita A Vaidya²

Affiliations

¹ Department of Biological Sciences, Tata Institute of Fundamental Research, Homi Bhabha Road, Colaba, Mumbai 400005, India.
² Department of Biological Sciences, Tata Institute of Fundamental Research, Homi Bhabha Road, Colaba, Mumbai 400005, India. Electronic address: vvaidya@tifr.res.in.

PMID: 31394058
DOI: 10.1016/j.neuron.2019.07.020

Abstract

In this issue of Neuron, Sengupta and Holmes (2019) characterize a distinct serotonergic circuit from the dorsal raphe nucleus to the basal amygdala that facilitates fear conditioning and memory.

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MeSH terms

Amygdala
Dorsal Raphe Nucleus*
Fear
Memory
Serotonin

Substances

Serotonin