Mount SInai researchers identified the cortical amygdala – an olfactory cortical structure – as a key brain region in ...

In a groundbreaking study, scientists at the University of California, Davis, have identified distinct groups of cells within the amygdala, a brain region central to emotional processing.

While these receptors are found on neurons within many brain circuits, the team showed that activating them in a specific ...

Scientists have pinpointed a brain circuit that, when activated, reduces anxiety without impairing memory. Using ...

A number of neural structures play a role in anxiety, but the one that gives it its strong emotional color is the amygdala. The rational, thinking prefrontal cortex is responsible for interpreting ...

Microbe-derived indoles modulate anxiety and neuronal excitability in the amygdala of germ-free (GF) male mice. These findings demonstrate a molecular mechanism by which microbes tune anxiety-related ...

Could the key to easing anxiety be hidden in our gut? Scientists from Duke-NUS Medical School and the National Neuroscience Institute have discovered a crucial connection between gut microbes and ...

Researchers using intracranial electroencephalogram (EEG) recordings from deep within the brain found that meditation led to changes in activity in the amygdala and hippocampus, key brain regions ...

Neural activity in the cortical amygdala determines whether mice engage in aggressive or pro-social behavior, according to a ...