Guardians of the learning gate

• Published in: Nature neuroscience Vol. 22; no. 11; pp. 1747 - 1748
• Main Authors: Hegedüs, Panna, Martínez-Bellver, Sergio, Hangya, Balázs
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: New York Nature Publishing Group US 01.11.2019; Nature Publishing Group
• Subjects: 631/378/1595/2636; 631/378/3920; 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

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...