It is probably more correct to speak of the amygdala's role in
translating emotional stimulus-response associations into events
elsewhere in the brain--via one route to autonomic reactions, via
another route to overt behavi{*filter*}and/or cognitive reactions.  Like the
hippocampus, it may be essential for forming memories, but not for
storing them.

Joseph LeDoux (you could contact him or colleagues at the New York
University Center for Neural Science) has done much of the work
outlining these processes.  I think there has been work re role of NMDA
in memory formation by the amygdala, but haven't seen any re
5-HT--however, I haven't looked that systematically.

Another name comes to mind: Fanshow? Faneshow? Fanselow?  (the last one
looks better than the first two, but may still be wrong!)  (in
California) would be a good source also; try Medline search on him as
well.

F. Frank LeFever, Ph.D.
New York Neuropsychology Group

writes:

Kurt Ullman (IPFW Nursing, Class of '84)

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