creators_name: McNay, Ewan C.
creators_name: Brown, Thomas H.
type: journale
datestamp: 2003-07-16
lastmod: 2011-03-11 08:55:19
metadata_visibility: show
title: Preponderance of Late-spiking Neurons in Rat Lateral Amygdala
ispublished: unpub
subjects: neuro-mod
subjects: bio-ani-cog
subjects: neuro-physio
full_text_status: public
keywords: lateral amygdala, amygdala, perirhinal, memory
abstract: 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.
date: 2003-07
date_type: published
publication: None
refereed: FALSE
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citation:   McNay, Dr Ewan C. and Brown, Dr Thomas H.  (2003) Preponderance of Late-spiking Neurons in Rat Lateral Amygdala.  [Journal (On-line/Unpaginated)]    (Unpublished)  
document_url: http://cogprints.org/3067/1/LA_ms.pdf