UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA – DAVIS 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 has been lacking. Now scientists at the University of California, Davis have identified new clusters of cells with differing patterns...
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Emotion-focused therapy for bipolar disorder targets the amygdala
ELSEVIER Philadelphia, April 17, 2023 – A new study in Biological Psychiatry: Cognitive Neuroscience and Neuroimaging, published by Elsevier, identifies a therapeutic tool focused on emotional awareness that increased activation and connectivity of an emotion-regulating center in the brain. The therapy may be effective in the long-term treatment and relapse prevention of bipolar disorder (BD). Patients with BD experience...
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THE AMYGDALA GROWS TOO FAST IN BABIES WHO DEVELOP AUTISM
The amygdala is a small structure deep in the brain important for interpreting the social and emotional meaning of sensory input, such as recognizing emotion in faces and interpreting fearful images that let us know about potential dangers in our surroundings. Historically, the amygdala has been thought to play a prominent role in the difficulties...
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Amygdala found to have role in important pre-attentive mechanism in the brain
by University of Massachusetts Amherst Mouse brain stem inhibitory neurons (green) activated by amygdala inputs (magenta neuronal processes). Credit: University of Massachusetts Amherst We’re all familiar with the startle reflex—that sudden, uncontrollable jerk that occurs when we’re surprised by a noise or other unexpected stimulus. But the brain also has an important pre-attentive mechanism to tamp...
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Why some people are more prone to anxiety
by Society for Neuroscience Gene expression of the serotonin transporter gene (SLC6A4) in the right amygdala and vlPFC correlated with anxiety-like behavior in the human intruder test. Credit: Quah et al., JNeurosci 2020 Anxiety-prone people can blame serotonin cleanup proteins gone awry in their amygdala, according to research in marmosets recently published in JNeurosci. Targeting...
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Brain Molecule Identified as Key in Anxiety Model
This news or article is intended for readers with certain scientific or professional knowledge in the field. oosting a single molecule in the brain can change “dispositional anxiety,” the tendency to perceive many situations as threatening, in nonhuman primates, researchers from the University of California, Davis, and the University of Wisconsin-Madison have found. The molecule,...