Major depressive disorder (MDD) and bipolar disorder (BD) are leading contributors to the global burden of disease. Over 300 million people worldwide suffer from MDD, and 60 million from BD [1]. The ...
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 ...
Brain-wide circuits that coordinate affective and social behaviours intersect in the amygdala. Consequently, amygdala lesions cause a heterogeneous array of social and non-social deficits. Social ...
I’ve been studying the amygdala for more than 30 years. When I started this work, research on this brain region was a lonely field of inquiry. The hippocampus was all the rage, and I sometimes felt ...
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 ...
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 ...
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Scientists erased anxiety in mice by tuning a single gene in one cluster of amygdala neurons, then watched normal social behavior return
Researchers reversed anxiety, depression-like behavior, and social withdrawal in mice by correcting the dosage of a single ...
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