A new study on mice from the RIKEN-MIT Center for Neural Circuit Genetics has pinpointed 'positive' neurons housed in the back of the amygdala and 'negative' neurons located in the front of the ...
The left and right amygdala in red. Source: Life Sciences Database/Wikimedia Commons In recent years, neuroscientists have begun to unravel the many mysteries of the left and right amygdala, as well ...
Researchers have shown that mice carrying extra copies of the Grik4 gene developed clear signs of anxiety and social ...
Focusing on a particular section called the basolateral amygdala, researchers show how valence-processing circuitry -- which determines whether we assign good or bad feelings about stimuli -- is ...