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Stereological analysis of the rat and monkey amygdala

Chareyron, Loïc J. ; Banta Lavenex, Pamela A. ; Amaral, David G. ; Lavenex, Pierre

In: The Journal of Comparative Neurology, 2011, vol. 519, no. 16, p. 3218–3239

The amygdala is part of a neural network that contributes to the regulation of emotional behaviors. Rodents, especially rats, are used extensively as model organisms to decipher the functions of specific amygdala nuclei, in particular in relation to fear and emotional learning. Analysis of the role of the nonhuman primate amygdala in these functions has lagged work in the rodent but provides...