Many studies have highlighted the negative health effects of stress, but a recent study sheds light on how chronic stress changes neuronal structure and function in the brain. Researchers from ...

A study published in Nature Neuroscience examined the role the amygdala plays in diet regulation. Researchers at Cold Spring Research Laboratory found a group of neurons in the amygdala prompt mice to ...

Researchers have identified a specific structural change in the brain that appears to track with the relief of depressive symptoms following ketamine treatment. In a group of patients with ...

The study found overgrowth of the amygdala between 6 and 12 months of age in children that went on to develop autism. When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission.

Fear is an adaptive emotion that helps us cope with threatening situations. Deep within the temporal lobe of the brain is the amygdala, the most studied brain area involved in fear. The amygdala uses ...

Researchers at University of California San Diego School of Medicine and the Salk Institute for Biological Studies have created a unique, cell-by-cell atlas of the amygdala, a small structure deep ...