Experimental work indicates basolateral amygdala cells activated by appetitive CSs mainly encode behavioural output, not CS identity, challenging amygdalo-centric feedforward accounts¶

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q2 i? In rat recordings contrasting BL activity when rats produced or omitted the conditioned response, BL cells activated by appetitive CSs mainly encoded behavioural output rather than CS identity. → Nair 2016

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Nair 2016¶

Nair, S. S., Paré, D. and Vicentic, A. (2016). Biologically based neural circuit modelling for the study of fear learning and extinction. npj Science of Learning. https://doi.org/10.1038/npjscilearn.2016.15

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The review reports this experimental finding, citing the Lee et al. single-unit study of BL responses in rats producing or omitting the conditioned response. CS-related firing was absent when rats omitted the CR and present when they emitted it, even to the wrong CS.

"it was found that BL cells activated by appetitive CSs mainly encode behavioural output, not CS identity."

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