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%A Dr Ewan C. McNay %A Dr Thomas H. Brown %J None %T Preponderance of Late-spiking Neurons in Rat Lateral Amygdala %X Whole-cell recordings from rat lateral amygdala (LA) revealed two populations of principal neurons, that have similar pyramid-like morphologies but differing in firing pattern: late-spiking (LS, 66%) and regular-spiking (RS, 34%). The presence of large numbers of LS neurons arguably supports recent suggestions that the LA should be considered to be a functional extension of perirhinal cortex. %D 2003 %K lateral amygdala, amygdala, perirhinal, memory %L cogprints3067