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 ...

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

Acidifying astrocytes in the brain's amygdala prevents long-term memory formation but does ... Researchers from Tohoku ...

A study of healthy volunteers in the United Kingdom found that the administration of escitalopram, a common antidepressant, ...

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

This valuable contribution combines high-resolution histology with magnetic resonance imaging in a novel way to study the organisation of the human amygdala. The main findings convincingly show the ...

Threat detection is a vital part of this process, and it has to be fast. Early humans did not have much time to think when a lion was lunging toward them. They had to act quickly. For this reason, the ...

"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.

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