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 ...

UC Davis researchers have identified new cell clusters in the amygdala that could hold keys to treating anxiety and depression. Effective treatment for anxiety, depression, and other emotional ...

By analyzing brain scans of over 6,000 children, researchers found that connections between the left amygdala, a part of the brain that processes emotions, and other brain regions were associated ...

TV presenter Davina McCall is now recovering from brain surgery after a scan found a 14mm benign brain tumour leading the ...

A recent study conducted by scientists in France and published in Translational Psychiatry offers new insights into how ...

"To analyze how the amygdala functions during depression, we measured the activity of some networks of neurons involved in the more or less negative interpretation of olfactory stimuli," says Alonso.

Acidifying astrocytes in the brain's amygdala prevents long-term memory formation but does not impact short-term ...

“Harsh parenting in late childhood more specifically affected the corticolimbic circuit—a specific part of the brain that ...

Reciprocal connections between the orbitofrontal cortex and the basolateral nucleus of the amygdala may provide a critical circuit for the learning that underlies goal-directed behavior.

Heart in your throat. Butterflies in your stomach. Bad gut feeling. These are all phrases many people use to describe fear and anxiety. You have likely felt anxiety inside your chest or stomach, and ...

Pregnancy brings profound changes, not only to a woman’s body but also to her brain. Recent studies highlight how pregnancy ...

"The amygdala, for instance ... "When we look at the brain and the neural correlates of fear, part of the reason we want to understand is so we can intervene on it," he says.