The amygdala–insula–medial prefrontal cortex–lateral prefrontal cortex pathway and its disorders
Smith and Lane have suggested a model of emotion processing with at least three stations: areas like the amygdala, which process discrete body features areas like the anterior insula, which process whole-body patterns and areas like the medial prefrontal cortex, which process emotion concepts. Ben S...
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| description | Smith and Lane have suggested a model of emotion processing with at least three stations: areas like the amygdala, which process discrete body features areas like the anterior insula, which process whole-body patterns and areas like the medial prefrontal cortex, which process emotion concepts. Ben Shalom and Bonneh have suggested a model of the prefrontal cortex, in which medial BA 9 integrates emotional states, and lateral BA 9 performs selection/inhibition on these states. Taken together, the current paper suggests a pathway for emotion processing with at least four stations: areas like the amygdala, which process discrete body features areas like the anterior insula, which process whole-body patterns, medial BA 9 which integrates emotion concepts, and lateral BA 9, which performs selection/inhibition on these concepts. Following the existing literature, it then suggest that there is a significant involvement of the amygdala in psychopathy (Blair), of the anterior insula in alexithymia (Bird), of the medial BA 9 in deficits in somatosensory discrimination (Ben Shalom), and of lateral BA 9 in emotional impulsivity (Ronel). |
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| spelling | doaj.art-50a811bbe6fc472c97d1ce7a09410fd92022-12-22T04:39:27ZengFrontiers Media S.A.Frontiers in Neuroanatomy1662-51292022-11-011610.3389/fnana.2022.10285461028546The amygdala–insula–medial prefrontal cortex–lateral prefrontal cortex pathway and its disordersDorit Ben ShalomSmith and Lane have suggested a model of emotion processing with at least three stations: areas like the amygdala, which process discrete body features areas like the anterior insula, which process whole-body patterns and areas like the medial prefrontal cortex, which process emotion concepts. Ben Shalom and Bonneh have suggested a model of the prefrontal cortex, in which medial BA 9 integrates emotional states, and lateral BA 9 performs selection/inhibition on these states. Taken together, the current paper suggests a pathway for emotion processing with at least four stations: areas like the amygdala, which process discrete body features areas like the anterior insula, which process whole-body patterns, medial BA 9 which integrates emotion concepts, and lateral BA 9, which performs selection/inhibition on these concepts. Following the existing literature, it then suggest that there is a significant involvement of the amygdala in psychopathy (Blair), of the anterior insula in alexithymia (Bird), of the medial BA 9 in deficits in somatosensory discrimination (Ben Shalom), and of lateral BA 9 in emotional impulsivity (Ronel).https://www.frontiersin.org/articles/10.3389/fnana.2022.1028546/fullamygdalainsulamPFCLPFCemotion |
| spellingShingle | Dorit Ben Shalom The amygdala–insula–medial prefrontal cortex–lateral prefrontal cortex pathway and its disorders Frontiers in Neuroanatomy amygdala insula mPFC LPFC emotion |
| title | The amygdala–insula–medial prefrontal cortex–lateral prefrontal cortex pathway and its disorders |
| title_full | The amygdala–insula–medial prefrontal cortex–lateral prefrontal cortex pathway and its disorders |
| title_fullStr | The amygdala–insula–medial prefrontal cortex–lateral prefrontal cortex pathway and its disorders |
| title_full_unstemmed | The amygdala–insula–medial prefrontal cortex–lateral prefrontal cortex pathway and its disorders |
| title_short | The amygdala–insula–medial prefrontal cortex–lateral prefrontal cortex pathway and its disorders |
| title_sort | amygdala insula medial prefrontal cortex lateral prefrontal cortex pathway and its disorders |
| topic | amygdala insula mPFC LPFC emotion |
| url | https://www.frontiersin.org/articles/10.3389/fnana.2022.1028546/full |
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