Treating anxiety, depression and other disorders may depend on the amygdala, a part of the brain that controls strong emotional reactions, especially fear. But a deep understanding of this structure ...

Confocal microscopy image showing basolateral amygdala cells infected by a virus engineered to introduce the CRE recombinase protein (in red) and the fluorescent protein GFP (in green), allowing ...

One in four psychiatric patients in Denmark are readmitted and that carries major personal and societal costs. But can we ...

Over 1 billion people worldwide are living with one or more mental health disorders that affect their mood, thinking ...

New research shows that the threat-response in the brain's amygdala (which processes emotions) is linked to different ...

"I am often said to have identified the amygdala as the brain's 'fear' center. But the fact is, I have not done this, nor has anyone else." —Joseph LeDoux (2015) 3D illustration of both amygdala.

Chronic intranasal oxytocin alters neural connectivity in ASD but fails to significantly improve core behavioral outcomes, according to AAN data.

How does the amygdala influence drinking? New research shows sex-specific neural pathways: amygdala reactivity leads to ...