Vasopressin and oxytocin excite distinct neuronal populations in the central amygdala. Export

@article{citeulike:158214, abstract = {Vasopressin and oxytocin strongly modulate autonomic fear responses, through mechanisms that are still unclear. We describe how these neuropeptides excite distinct neuronal populations in the central amygdala, which provides the major output of the amygdaloid complex to the autonomic nervous system. We identified these two neuronal populations as part of an inhibitory network, through which vasopressin and oxytocin modulate the integration of excitatory information from the basolateral amygdala and cerebral cortex in opposite manners. Through this network, the expression and endogenous activation of vasopressin and oxytocin receptors may regulate the autonomic expression of fear.}, author = {Huber, Daniel and Veinante, Pierre and Stoop, Ron}, citeulike-article-id = {158214}, citeulike-linkout-0 = {http://dx.doi.org/10.1126/science.1105636}, citeulike-linkout-1 = {http://view.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/15821089}, citeulike-linkout-2 = {http://www.hubmed.org/display.cgi?uids=15821089}, citeulike-linkout-3 = {http://www.sciencemag.org/cgi/content/full/308/5719/245}, day = {8}, doi = {10.1126/science.1105636}, issn = {1095-9203}, journal = {Science}, keywords = {cea, oxytocin, vasopressin}, month = {April}, number = {5719}, pages = {245--248}, posted-at = {2009-09-16 14:27:52}, priority = {2}, title = {Vasopressin and oxytocin excite distinct neuronal populations in the central amygdala.}, url = {http://dx.doi.org/10.1126/science.1105636}, volume = {308}, year = {2005} }

TY - JOUR ID - citeulike:158214 L3 - citeulike-article-id:158214 N2 - Vasopressin and oxytocin strongly modulate autonomic fear responses, through mechanisms that are still unclear. We describe how these neuropeptides excite distinct neuronal populations in the central amygdala, which provides the major output of the amygdaloid complex to the autonomic nervous system. We identified these two neuronal populations as part of an inhibitory network, through which vasopressin and oxytocin modulate the integration of excitatory information from the basolateral amygdala and cerebral cortex in opposite manners. Through this network, the expression and endogenous activation of vasopressin and oxytocin receptors may regulate the autonomic expression of fear. IS - 5719 JF - Science SN - 1095-9203 EP - 248 TI - Vasopressin and oxytocin excite distinct neuronal populations in the central amygdala. VL - 308 SP - 245 KW - cea KW - oxytocin KW - vasopressin AU - Huber, Daniel AU - Veinante, Pierre AU - Stoop, Ron PY - 2005/04/08/ UR - http://dx.doi.org/10.1126/science.1105636 ER -