To successfully negotiate the developmental transition between youth and adulthood,
adolescents must maneuver this often stressful period while acquiring skills necessary for�…

Research on the neural systems underlying emotion in animal models over the past two
decades has implicated the amygdala in fear and other emotional processes. This work�…

The past ten years have seen an explosion of useful research surrounding human
motivation and emotion; new insights allow researchers to answer the perennial questions�…

Echoplanar functional magnetic resonance imaging (fMRI) was used in normal human
subjects to investigate the role of the amygdala in conditioned fear acquisition and�…

The amygdaloid nuclear complex is critical for producing appropriate emotional and
behavioral responses to biologically relevant sensory stimuli. It constitutes an essential link�…

Developmental psychology and the study of behaviour and emotion have tended to be
considered in parallel to the study of neurobiological processes. This review explores the�…

Since the 19th century, there has been disagreement over the fundamental question of
whether" emotions" are cause or consequence of their associated behaviors. This question�…

Abstract RAPID-EYE-MOVEMENT (REM) sleep is associated with intense neuronal activity,
ocular saccades, muscular atonia and dreaming1, 2. The function of REM sleep remains�…

Basolateral amygdala (BLA) principal cells are capable of driving and antagonizing
behaviors of opposing valence. BLA neurons project to the central amygdala (CeA), which�…

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enhancement of episodic memory has been linked to the amygdala in animal and�…