A neural pathway suppresses appetite when experiencing nausea. Feeling full, nauseous, or anxious can all contribute to a ...

The amygdala controls anxiety, aggression, stress responses, memories tied to emotions, and social contexts. It regulates the ...

Deep within the temporal lobe of the brain is the amygdala, the most studied brain area involved in fear. The amygdala uses all kinds of information from outside and inside the body to help us ...

Feeling angry for as little as eight minutes a day could raise your chances of experiencing a cardiac event, according to a ...

Brain imaging studies of women — conducted before and after menopause — reveal physical changes in structure, connectivity ...

As Americans in big cities look to protect themselves, Gracie University head jiu-jitsu instructor Rener Gracie offers expert ...

The hypothesis has two central and related components. The first component is the purported role of the amygdala in the rapid, automatic and non-conscious processing of emotional and social stimuli.

Their findings, published in Nature Neuroscience, suggest that dopamine projections to the basolateral amygdala contribute to the encoding of these memories. "The canonical theory of dopamine ...

These five simple techniques can help you successfully negotiate anything—even when that involves speaking with a bully.

New research suggests that regularly getting angry may increase your risk of cardiovascular disease and stroke. Here’s why.

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In their previous studies, Sias and her collaborators found that the basolateral amygdala is a central hub for detailed reward-related memories. In their recent paper, they built on these findings ...