Toshitaka Ochiai
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Toshitaka Ochiai has a total of 5 co-authors. Here are the top co-authors by number of shared publications:
- Ayako M. Watabe
Institute of Clinical Medicine and Research, Research Center for Medical Sciences, The Jikei University School of Medicine, Chiba, Japan
1 shared publication - Fusao Kato
Center for Neuroscience of Pain and Department of Neuroscience, The Jikei University School of Medicine, Tokyo, Japan
1 shared publication - Masaru Sato
Department of Neuroscience, Jikei University School of Medicine, Tokyo, 105-8461, Japan.
1 shared publication - Masashi Nagase
Department of Neuroscience, Jikei University School of Medicine, Tokyo, 105-8461, Japan.
1 shared publication - Yukari Takahashi
Center for Neuroscience of Pain and Department of Neuroscience, The Jikei University School of Medicine, Tokyo, Japan
1 shared publication
Latest Publications
- Open Access
- 1 January 2013
- Published by Springer Nature in Molecular Brain
- Vol. 6 (1) , 11
Synaptic potentiation in the nociceptive amygdala following fear learning in mice
Pavlovian fear conditioning is a classical form of associative learning, which depends on associative synaptic plasticity in the amygdala. Recent findings suggest that the central amygdala (CeA) plays an active role in the acquisition of fear learning. However, little is known about the synaptic properties of the CeA in fear learning. The capsular part of the central amygdala (CeC) receives direct nociceptive information from the external part of the lateral parabrachial nucleus (lPB), as well as highly processed polymodal signals from the basolateral nucleus of the amygdala (BLA). Therefore, we focused on CeC as a convergence point for polymodal BLA signals and nociceptive lPB signals, and explored the synaptic regulation of these pathways in fear conditioning.
- 1 January 2013
- Published by Springer Nature in Molecular Brain
- Vol. 6 (1) , 11
Open AccessSynaptic potentiation in the nociceptive amygdala following fear learning in mice
Pavlovian fear conditioning is a classical form of associative learning, which depends on associative synaptic plasticity in the amygdala. Recent findings suggest that the central amygdala (CeA) plays an active role in the acquisition of fear learning. However, little is known about the synaptic properties of the CeA in fear learning. The capsular part of the central amygdala (CeC) receives direct nociceptive information from the external part of the lateral parabrachial nucleus (lPB), as well as highly processed polymodal signals from the basolateral nucleus of the amygdala (BLA). Therefore, we focused on CeC as a convergence point for polymodal BLA signals and nociceptive lPB signals, and explored the synaptic regulation of these pathways in fear conditioning.