In contrast to evidence that the amygdala stimulates stress responses in adults, researchers have found that the amygdala has an inhibitory effect on stress hormones during the early development of ...

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 ...

Recent breakthroughs in neuroscience have identified the amygdala as a key origin of anxiety. Scientists have discovered a ...

Scientists identified a gene in the amygdala that can cause anxiety by over-expressing itself. They treated that gene in mice ...

Fear is an adaptive emotion that helps us cope with threatening situations. Deep within the temporal lobe of the brain is the amygdala, the most studied brain area involved in fear. The amygdala uses ...

Researchers at the National Institute of Mental Health (NIMH), part of the National Institutes of Health, have discovered a genetically controlled brain mechanism responsible for social behavior in ...

One of the characteristics of depression is a tendency to perceive sensory stimuli and everyday situations in an excessively negative way. But the mechanisms underpinning this "negativity bias," which ...

In contrast to evidence that the amygdala stimulates stress responses in adults, researchers at Yerkes National Primate Research Center, Emory University have found that the amygdala has an inhibitory ...