From circuits to behaviour in the amygdala
The amygdala has long been associated with emotion and motivation, playing an essential part in processing both fearful and rewarding environmental stimuli. How can a single structure be crucial for such different functions? With recent technological advances that allow for causal investigations of...
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| author | Janak, Patricia H. Tye, Kay |
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| description | The amygdala has long been associated with emotion and motivation, playing an essential part in processing both fearful and rewarding environmental stimuli. How can a single structure be crucial for such different functions? With recent technological advances that allow for causal investigations of specific neural circuit elements, we can now begin to map the complex anatomical connections of the amygdala onto behavioural function. Understanding how the amygdala contributes to a wide array of behaviours requires the study of distinct amygdala circuits. |
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| spelling | mit-1721.1/1025212022-10-02T03:48:32Z From circuits to behaviour in the amygdala Janak, Patricia H. Tye, Kay Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Department of Brain and Cognitive Sciences Picower Institute for Learning and Memory Tye, Kay The amygdala has long been associated with emotion and motivation, playing an essential part in processing both fearful and rewarding environmental stimuli. How can a single structure be crucial for such different functions? With recent technological advances that allow for causal investigations of specific neural circuit elements, we can now begin to map the complex anatomical connections of the amygdala onto behavioural function. Understanding how the amygdala contributes to a wide array of behaviours requires the study of distinct amygdala circuits. JPB Foundation Brain & Behavior Research Foundation (Young Investigator Award) National Institutes of Health (U.S.) (MH102441) 2016-05-18T14:08:11Z 2016-05-18T14:08:11Z 2015-01 2014-08 Article http://purl.org/eprint/type/JournalArticle 0028-0836 1476-4687 http://hdl.handle.net/1721.1/102521 Janak, Patricia H., and Kay M. Tye. “From Circuits to Behaviour in the Amygdala.” Nature 517, no. 7534 (January 14, 2015): 284–292. en_US http://dx.doi.org/10.1038/nature14188 Nature Creative Commons Attribution-Noncommercial-Share Alike http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/4.0/ application/pdf Nature Publishing Group PMC |
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| title | From circuits to behaviour in the amygdala |
| title_full | From circuits to behaviour in the amygdala |
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