Guardians of the learning gate

Unexpected experiences often lead to strong memories. A new study by Krabbe and Paradiso et al. shows that vasoactive intestinal peptide (VIP)-expressing interneurons of the basolateral amygdala control associative learning and memory formation by gating aversive stimuli scaled by their unexpectedne...

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Published inNature neuroscience Vol. 22; no. 11; pp. 1747 - 1748
Main Authors Hegedüs, Panna, Martínez-Bellver, Sergio, Hangya, Balázs
Format Journal Article
LanguageEnglish
Published New York Nature Publishing Group US 01.11.2019
Nature Publishing Group
Subjects
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Amygdala
Animal behavior
Animal Genetics and Genomics
Associative learning
Associative memory
Behavioral Sciences
Biological Techniques
Biomedical and Life Sciences
Biomedicine
Conditioning, Classical
Gating
Interneurons
Intestine
Learning
Neurobiology
Neurosciences
News & Views
news-and-views
Vasoactive agents
Vasoactive intestinal peptide
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Summary:Unexpected experiences often lead to strong memories. A new study by Krabbe and Paradiso et al. shows that vasoactive intestinal peptide (VIP)-expressing interneurons of the basolateral amygdala control associative learning and memory formation by gating aversive stimuli scaled by their unexpectedness.
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ISSN:1097-6256
1546-1726
DOI:10.1038/s41593-019-0519-8