“This novel research paper provides anatomical and physiological evidence for the existence of a long-range inhibitory pathway from the auditory cortex to the amygdala in the mouse brain,” Apicella ...

Have you ever felt a chill run down your spine while watching someone else in distress? This phenomenon, known as vicarious ...

To ensure we get the calories and hydration we need, the brain relies on a complex network of cells, signals, and pathways to ...

University of California, Los Angeles researchers have discovered that chronic stress flips brain activity between two ...

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A study on Vietnam War veterans reveals how damage to the prefrontal cortex and amygdala affects political passions. The ...

Defining this panicogenic pathway and its relevant signaling molecules points ... nucleus extensively receive inhibitory input from the central nucleus of the amygdala,” said Han. “So, our next ...

The researchers also traced the inputs to the LC, identifying two key upstream regions: the bed nucleus of the stria terminalis (BNST) and the central amygdala (CeA). Notably, the BNST→LC→ACC pathway ...

Notably, the BNST→LC→ACC pathway was active only during vicarious fear, whereas the CeA→LC→BLA (basolateral amygdala) pathway was involved in both direct and vicarious fear, revealing a ...