A new study published in Human Brain Mapping sheds light on the brain mechanisms that influence how adolescents weigh ...

"Maturing brain flips function of amygdala in regulating stress hormones." ScienceDaily. ScienceDaily, 20 August 2014. <www.sciencedaily.com / releases / 2014 / 08 / 140820183932.htm>.

The amygdala is a region of the brain known to be important for responses to threatening situations and learning about threats. Alterations in the amygdala have been reported in psychiatric ...

Neuromodulation of Amygdala Theta for Treatment of PTSD The authors then applied an innovative technique known as closed-loop stimulation to change amygdala function in the hope of reducing PTSD ...

Furthermore, the amygdala seems to be part of a 'core brain circuit' (Ref. 95) that is topologically central in terms of global brain connectivity and whose functions could include aggregation and ...

Neuromodulation of Amygdala Theta for Treatment of PTSD The authors then applied an innovative technique known as closed-loop stimulation to change amygdala function in the hope of reducing PTSD ...

Non-Opioid Pathway: New drug candidates aim to block unpleasantness while maintaining sensation. Major Backing: A $12 million ...

Neural mechanisms of social decision-making in the primate amygdala. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, 2015; 201514761 DOI: 10.1073/pnas.1514761112 ...

The amygdala is known to be important for emotions, especially fear. Using a technology called “designer receptors exclusively activated by designer drugs,” or DREADDs, the team genetically modified ...

Recent human imaging work has expanded the view of amygdala function beyond early findings in animals, but two studies of an individual with bilateral amygdala damage now suggest that we should be ...

"Our findings fit into an emerging theme in neuroscience research: that during childhood, there is a switch in amygdala function and connectivity with other brain regions, particularly the prefrontal ...