We review recent work on the role of intrinsic amygdala networks in the regulation of classically conditioned defensive behaviors, commonly known as conditioned fear. These …
JE LeDoux - Annual review of neuroscience, 2000 - annualreviews.org
The field of neuroscience has, after a long period of looking the other way, again embraced emotion as an important research area. Much of the progress has come from studies of fear …
HC Pape, D Pare - Physiological reviews, 2010 - journals.physiology.org
The last 10 years have witnessed a surge of interest for the mechanisms underlying the acquisition and extinction of classically conditioned fear responses. In part, this results from …
J LeDoux - Cellular and molecular neurobiology, 2003 - Springer
Considerable progress has been made over the past 20 years in relating specific circuits of the brain to emotional functions. Much of this work has involved studies of Pavlovian or …
P Sah, ESL Faber… - Physiological …, 2003 - journals.physiology.org
Sah, P., ESL Faber, M. Lopez de Armentia, and J. Power. The Amygdaloid Complex: Anatomy and Physiology. Physiol Rev 83: 803–834, 2003; 10.1152/physrev. 00002.2003 …
Of the many conceptual distinctions present in psychology today, the approach-avoidance distinction stands out as one of, if not the, most fundamental and basic. The distinction …
AJ McDonald - Progress in neurobiology, 1998 - Elsevier
The amygdaloid nuclear complex is critical for producing appropriate emotional and behavioral responses to biologically relevant sensory stimuli. It constitutes an essential link …
AbstractAmygdala'andamygdalar complex'are terms that now refer to a highly differentiated region near the temporal pole of the mammalian cerebral hemisphere. Cell groups within it …
A Pitkänen, V Savander, JE LeDoux - Trends in neurosciences, 1997 - cell.com
The amygdala is located in the medial aspects of the temporal lobe. In spite of the fact that the amygdala has been implicated in a variety of functions, ranging from attention to memory …