"We now know that the amygdala is not only involved in our emotional response to environmental stimuli, fostering attraction or repulsion, but that it also plays a role in depression," explains ...

Researchers have uncovered how the amygdala processes the probability and magnitude of rewards and assesses risk. The study, ...

New research reveals that the immune molecule IL-17 can influence behavior by acting directly on specific regions of the brain.

But the persistence of negative mood in major depression suggests something is amiss in the nerve pathways between the amygdala and cortex. Another important influence on mood is the circadian ...

Researchers have gained a new understanding of how the brain processes reward and risk information. Neuroscientists show how nerve cells in the so-called amygdala not only encode the probability and ...

Nov. 12, 2019 — UTSA researchers are pioneering an innovative brain study that sheds light on how the amygdala portion of the brain functions and could contribute to a better understanding of ...

Depression impairs the functioning of the hippocampus ... The nerve cell connections between the amygdala and the prefrontal cortex (PFC) are critical in anxiety. Anxiety results when alarm ...

One was the amygdala which is involved in processing emotions, and that was in the women with more symptoms of depression in the first month. The other was in the hippocampus which increased in ...

The study, which was carried out in mice, sheds new light on the amygdala's role in regulating our nutritional needs and may offer insights into eating disorders and addiction. At the heart of the ...

suggesting that certain probiotic strains found in fermented foods may positively impact anxiety and depression symptoms by reducing activity in the amygdala, a region of the brain responsible for ...