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Is there an amygdala and how far does it extend? An anatomical perspectiveAlexander J McDonald
Department of Pharmacology, Physiology, and Neuroscience, University of South Carolina School of Medicine, Columbia, South Carolina 29208, USA
Ann N Y Acad Sci 985:1-21. 2003..These current concepts and issues concerning the configuration of the amygdala are discussed in light of recent cytological, immunohistochemical, and connectional studies...- Calbindin-D28k immunoreactivity in the rat amygdalaA J McDonald
Department of Cell Biology and Neuroscience, University of South Carolina School of Medicine, Columbia 29208, USA
J Comp Neurol 383:231-44. 1997.... - Cortical pathways to the mammalian amygdalaA J McDonald
Department of Cell Biology and Neuroscience, University of South Carolina School of Medicine, Columbia 29208, USA
Prog Neurobiol 55:257-332. 1998.... - Cortical afferents to the extended amygdalaA J McDonald
Department of Cell Biology and Neuroscience, University of South Carolina School of Medicine, Columbia 29208, USA
Ann N Y Acad Sci 877:309-38. 1999..It is suggested that these cortical inputs may be important for cognitive, mnemonic, and affective aspects of emotional and motivated behavior... 
Parvalbumin-immunoreactive neurons and GABAergic neurons of the basal forebrain project to the rat basolateral amygdalaF Mascagni
Department of Pharmacology, Physiology and Neuroscience, University of South Carolina School of Medicine, Columbia, SC 29208, USA
Neuroscience 160:805-12. 2009....- Colocalization of calcium-binding proteins and GABA in neurons of the rat basolateral amygdalaA J McDonald
Department of Cell Biology and Neuroscience, University of South Carolina School of Medicine, Columbia, SC 29208, USA
Neuroscience 105:681-93. 2001..These separate neuronal populations may play unique roles in the inhibitory circuitry of the amygdala... - Immunohistochemical characterization of parvalbumin-containing interneurons in the monkey basolateral amygdalaF Mascagni
Department of Pharmacology, University of South Carolina School of Medicine, Columbia, SC 29208, USA
Neuroscience 158:1541-50. 2009..These findings suggest that PV+ neurons are a discrete interneuronal subpopulation in the monkey BLC and undoubtedly play a unique functional role in the inhibitory circuitry of this brain region... 
Neuronal localization of M2 muscarinic receptor immunoreactivity in the rat amygdalaA J McDonald
Department of Pharmacology, University of South Carolina School of Medicine, Columbia, SC 29208, USA
Neuroscience 196:49-65. 2011..These findings indicate that acetylcholine can modulate a variety of discrete neuronal subpopulations in various amygdalar nuclei via M2Rs, especially neurons that express SOM and NPY...- Dopaminergic innervation of interneurons in the rat basolateral amygdalaC R Pinard
Department of Pharmacology, Physiology and Neuroscience, University of South Carolina School of Medicine, 6439 Garner s Ferry Rd, VA Building 1, D 46, Columbia, SC 29208, USA
Neuroscience 157:850-63. 2008..2%) of TH+ terminal contacts with PV+ perikarya were synapses. These findings suggest that PV+ interneurons, but not CR+ interneurons, are prominent synaptic targets of dopaminergic terminals in the BLC... - Medial prefrontal cortical innervation of the intercalated nuclear region of the amygdalaC R Pinard
Department of Pharmacology, Physiology and Neuroscience, University of South Carolina School of Medicine, Columbia, SC 29208, USA
Neuroscience 205:112-24. 2012.... - Postsynaptic targets of GABAergic basal forebrain projections to the basolateral amygdalaA J McDonald
Department of Pharmacology, Physiology and Neuroscience, University of South Carolina School of Medicine, Columbia, SC 29208, USA
Neuroscience 183:144-59. 2011..The possible involvement of these circuits in rhythmic oscillations related to emotional learning, attention, and arousal is discussed... - Parvalbumin-containing neurons in the rat basolateral amygdala: morphology and co-localization of Calbindin-D(28k)A J McDonald
Department of Cell Biology and Neuroscience, University of South Carolina School of Medicine, Columbia SC 29208, USA
Neuroscience 102:413-25. 2001..We suggest that parvalbumin-containing neurons can control emotional responses mediated by the basolateral amygdala by controlling the output from this important brain region... - Localization of AMPA glutamate receptor subunits in subpopulations of non-pyramidal neurons in the rat basolateral amygdalaA J McDonald
Department of Cell Biology and Neuroscience, University of South Carolina School of Medicine, Columbia 29208, USA
Neurosci Lett 208:175-8. 1996..These findings indicate that in the rat basolateral amygdala GluR2/3-ir is found primarily in pyramidal neurons whereas GluR1-ir is found mainly in non-pyramidal neurons that contain PV or CB... - Localization of the CB1 type cannabinoid receptor in the rat basolateral amygdala: high concentrations in a subpopulation of cholecystokinin-containing interneuronsA J McDonald
Department of Cell Biology and Neuroscience, University of South Carolina School of Medicine, Columbia, SC 29208, USA
Neuroscience 107:641-52. 2001.... - Differential expression of Kv3.1b and Kv3.2 potassium channel subunits in interneurons of the basolateral amygdalaA J McDonald
Department of Pharmacology, Physiology and Neuroscience, University of South Carolina School of Medicine, 6439 Garner s Ferry Road, VA Building 1, C 43, Columbia, SC 29208, USA
Neuroscience 138:537-47. 2006..1b subunit. The significance of Kv3.2 expression in some parvalbumin+ and somatostatin+ interneurons remains to be determined... - Neuronal localization of 5-HT type 2A receptor immunoreactivity in the rat basolateral amygdalaA J McDonald
Department of Pharmacology, Physiology and Neuroscience, University of South Carolina School of Medicine, 6439 Garner s Ferry Road, VA Building 1, D 46, Columbia, SC 29208, USA
Neuroscience 146:306-20. 2007.... - Noradrenergic innervation of pyramidal cells in the rat basolateral amygdalaJ Zhang
Department of Pharmacology, Physiology and Neuroscience, University of South Carolina School of Medicine, Columbia, SC 29208, USA
Neuroscience 228:395-408. 2013.... - A novel subpopulation of 5-HT type 3A receptor subunit immunoreactive interneurons in the rat basolateral amygdalaF Mascagni
Department of Pharmacology, Physiology and Neuroscience, University of South Carolina School of Medicine, Columbia, SC 29208, USA
Neuroscience 144:1015-24. 2007..Thus, the great majority of neurons expressing 5-HT(3A)R protein appear to constitute a previously unrecognized subpopulation of GABAergic interneurons in the BLC... - Neuronal localization of Ca(v)1.2 L-type calcium channels in the rat basolateral amygdalaCourtney R Pinard
Department of Pharmacology, Physiology and Neuroscience, University of South Carolina School of Medicine, Columbia, SC 29208, USA
Brain Res 1064:52-5. 2005.... - GABAergic innervation of alpha type II calcium/calmodulin-dependent protein kinase immunoreactive pyramidal neurons in the rat basolateral amygdalaAlexander J McDonald
Department of Cell Biology and Neuroscience, University of South Carolina School of Medicine, Columbia, SC 29208, USA
J Comp Neurol 446:199-218. 2002.... - Immunohistochemical characterization of somatostatin containing interneurons in the rat basolateral amygdalaAlexander J McDonald
Department of Cell Biology and Neuroscience, University of South Carolina School of Medicine, Bldg 1, Columbia, SC 29208, USA
Brain Res 943:237-44. 2002.... - Sex differences in delta opioid receptor immunoreactivity in rat medial amygdalaMarlene A Wilson
Department of Pharmacology and Physiology, University of South Carolina School of Medicine Columbia, Building 1, Columbia, SC 29208, USA
Neurosci Lett 328:160-4. 2002..Although the functional significance of this sexually dimorphic staining for DORir in medial amygdala is unknown, it may contribute to sex differences in reproductive functions, social behaviors, and/or stress responses... - Synaptic connections of distinct interneuronal subpopulations in the rat basolateral amygdalar nucleusJay F Muller
Department of Pharmacology, Physiology, and Neuroscience, University of South Carolina School of Medicine, Columbia 29208, USA
J Comp Neurol 456:217-36. 2003..The interconnections between interneurons may be important for disinhibitory mechanisms and the mediation of rhythmic oscillations in the ABL... - Immunohistochemical characterization of cholecystokinin containing neurons in the rat basolateral amygdalaFranco Mascagni
Department of Pharmacology, University of South Carolina School of Medicine, 29208, Columbia, SC, USA
Brain Res 976:171-84. 2003.... - Immunocytochemical localization of GABABR1 receptor subunits in the basolateral amygdalaAlexander J McDonald
Department of Pharmacology, Physiology, and Neuroscience, University of South Carolina School of Medicine, Columbia, SC 29208, USA
Brain Res 1018:147-58. 2004..Because previous studies suggest that GBR-mediated inhibition modulates NMDA-dependent EPSPs in the ABL, these receptors may play an important role in neuronal plasticity related to emotional learning... - Serotonin-immunoreactive axon terminals innervate pyramidal cells and interneurons in the rat basolateral amygdalaJay F Muller
Department of Pharmacology, Physiology and Neuroscience, University of South Carolina School of Medicine, Columbia, South Carolina 29208, USA
J Comp Neurol 505:314-35. 2007..These findings suggest that serotonergic axon terminals differentially innervate several neuronal subpopulations in the BLC... - Evidence for a perisomatic innervation of parvalbumin-containing interneurons by individual pyramidal cells in the basolateral amygdalaAlexander J McDonald
Department of Pharmacology, Physiology and Neuroscience, University of South Carolina School of Medicine, Columbia, SC 29208, USA
Brain Res 1035:32-40. 2005..These observations suggest that there are robust reciprocal perisomatic PN-to-PV connections that may be important for the precise timing of rhythmic activity in the basolateral amygdala... - Postsynaptic targets of somatostatin-containing interneurons in the rat basolateral amygdalaJay F Muller
Department of Pharmacology, Physiology and Neuroscience, University of South Carolina School of Medicine, Columbia, South Carolina 29208, USA
J Comp Neurol 500:513-29. 2007..These findings suggest that inhibitory inputs from SOM+ interneurons may interact with excitatory inputs to pyramidal cell distal dendrites in the BLa. These interactions might affect synaptic plasticity related to emotional learning... - Pyramidal cells of the rat basolateral amygdala: synaptology and innervation by parvalbumin-immunoreactive interneuronsJay F Muller
Department of Pharmacology, Physiology and Neuroscience, University of South Carolina School of Medicine, Columbia, South Carolina 29208, USA
J Comp Neurol 494:635-50. 2006.... - Coupled networks of parvalbumin-immunoreactive interneurons in the rat basolateral amygdalaJay F Muller
Department of Pharmacology, Physiology, and Neuroscience, University of South Carolina School of Medicine, Columbia, South Carolina 29208, USA
J Neurosci 25:7366-76. 2005..These data provide the anatomical basis for a PV+ network that may play a role in the generation of rhythmic oscillations in the BLa during emotional arousal... - The role of delta opioid receptors in the anxiolytic actions of benzodiazepinesStefany D Primeaux
Department of Pharmacology, Physiology and Neuroscience, University of South Carolina School of Medicine, Bldg 1, Columbia, SC 29208, USA
Pharmacol Biochem Behav 85:545-54. 2006..c.), had no effect on the anxiolytic effect of diazepam alone. These data support a role for delta opioid receptors in the opioid-enhanced anxiolytic effects of diazepam...