Basolateral Amygdala Inactivation Impairs Learning-Induced Long-Term Potentiation in the Cerebellar Cortex

Lan Zhu; Tiziana Sacco; Piergiorgio Strata; Benedetto Sacchetti

doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0016673

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Basolateral Amygdala Inactivation Impairs Learning-Induced Long-Term Potentiation in the Cerebellar Cortex

Lan Zhu ,

Contributed equally to this work with: Lan Zhu, Tiziana Sacco

Current address: Maurice Shock Medical Sciences Building, University of Leicester, Leicester, United Kingdom

Affiliation Department of Neuroscience, University of Turin, Turin, Italy
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Tiziana Sacco ,

Contributed equally to this work with: Lan Zhu, Tiziana Sacco

Affiliation Department of Neuroscience, University of Turin, Turin, Italy
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Piergiorgio Strata,

Affiliations Department of Neuroscience, University of Turin, Turin, Italy, National Institute of Neuroscience-Italy, Turin, Italy
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Benedetto Sacchetti

* E-mail: benedetto.sacchetti@unito.it

Current address: Maurice Shock Medical Sciences Building, University of Leicester, Leicester, United Kingdom

Affiliations Department of Neuroscience, University of Turin, Turin, Italy, National Institute of Neuroscience-Italy, Turin, Italy
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Basolateral Amygdala Inactivation Impairs Learning-Induced Long-Term Potentiation in the Cerebellar Cortex

Lan Zhu,
Tiziana Sacco,
Piergiorgio Strata,
Benedetto Sacchetti

Published: January 31, 2011
https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0016673

About the Authors

Lan Zhu

Contributed equally to this work with: Lan Zhu, Tiziana Sacco

Current address: Maurice Shock Medical Sciences Building, University of Leicester, Leicester, United Kingdom

Affiliation Department of Neuroscience, University of Turin, Turin, Italy

Tiziana Sacco

Contributed equally to this work with: Lan Zhu, Tiziana Sacco

Affiliation Department of Neuroscience, University of Turin, Turin, Italy

Piergiorgio Strata

Affiliations Department of Neuroscience, University of Turin, Turin, Italy, National Institute of Neuroscience-Italy, Turin, Italy

Benedetto Sacchetti

* E-mail: benedetto.sacchetti@unito.it

Current address: Maurice Shock Medical Sciences Building, University of Leicester, Leicester, United Kingdom

Affiliations Department of Neuroscience, University of Turin, Turin, Italy, National Institute of Neuroscience-Italy, Turin, Italy

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: LZ TS PS BS. Performed the experiments: LZ TS BS. Analyzed the data: LZ TS BS. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: LZ TS BS. Wrote the paper: TS PS BS.

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