Bringing together leading researchers, this book comprehensively covers what is known about the amygdala, with a unique focus on what happens when this key brain region is damaged or missing.
The design of this volume builds upon the foundations of functional neural circuits and the corresponding (cellular) electrophysiology important for the homeostatic control of amygdala function.
Experimental evidence indicates that catecholamines are able to modulate information processing in the amygdaloid complex.
Initial chapters discuss how animal models have paved the way for work with human subjects. Next, the book examines the amygdala's involvement in emotional processing, learning, memory, and social interaction.
The papers in this volume provide information on the basic characteristics of amygdala function from neuroanatomical, electrophysiological, behavioural, and imaging studies in animals and humans.
The various chapters of this book represent the formal talks presented at The Advanced Study Institute held at the Jackson Laboratory, Bar Harbor, Maine, from June 6 to 17, 1971, with funds made available from the Scientific Affairs ...
It is well known that emotional arousal enhances the consolidation of previously acquired information and this process critically involves the noradrenergic system of the basolateral complex of the amygdala (BLA).
Although the primary goal of this book is to inform experts and newcomers of some of the latest data in the field of brain structures involved in the mechanisms underlying emotional learning and memory, we hope it will also help stimulate ...
In a subsequent study, our lab demonstrated a functional role of Prdm2 in alcohol-associated behaviors. In the work that constitutes this thesis, we have further investigated the behavioral consequences of Syt1 and Prdm2 downregulation.
107 with treatments that affect the arousal of the animals is also implied on the basis of the behavioral changes induced in the lesioned animals by amphetamine administration and by changes in the motivational circumstances under which the ...