title: Neural circuits: Interacting interneurons regulate fear learning.
abstract: A recent study has found that, during associative fear learning, different sensory stimuli activate subsets of inhibitory interneurons in distinct ways to dynamically regulate glutamatergic neural activity and behavioral memory formation.
authors.affiliation: RIKEN Brain Science Institute, Laboratory for Neural Circuitry of Memory, 2-1 Hirosawa, Wako-shi, Saitama, Japan 351-0198. Electronic address: ozawa@brain.riken.jp.
authors.forename: Takaaki
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Ozawa
authors.affiliation: RIKEN Brain Science Institute, Laboratory for Neural Circuitry of Memory, 2-1 Hirosawa, Wako-shi, Saitama, Japan 351-0198. Electronic address: jjohans@brain.riken.jp.
authors.forename: Joshua P
authors.initials: JP
authors.lastname: Johansen
mesh_terms: D000679:Amygdala / Q000166:cytology* / Q000502:physiology*; D000818:Animals; D005239:Fear / Q000502:physiology*; D007266:Inhibition, Psychological; D007395:Interneurons / Q000378:metabolism*; D007858:Learning / Q000502:physiology*; D008297:Male