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Mount SInai researchers identified the cortical amygdala – an olfactory cortical structure – as a key brain region in ...

Chronic stress raises blood pressure. New research from , Japan, reveals that voluntary exercise prevents hypertension (high blood pressure) by restoring STAT3 levels in the amygdala.

"We now know that the amygdala is not only involved in our emotional response to environmental stimuli, fostering attraction or repulsion, but that it also plays a role in depression," explains ...

In a new study published in Science Advances, researchers at Northwestern Medicine discovered that the brain regions used for ...

Hypertension (high blood pressure) is a debilitating condition and a major cause of premature death worldwide. Chronic stress plays a ...

A number of neural structures play a role in anxiety, but the one that gives it its strong emotional color is the amygdala. The rational, thinking prefrontal cortex is responsible for interpreting ...

New research shows that early life stress disrupts dopamine signaling, altering social motivation and behavior.

Could the key to easing anxiety be hidden in our gut? Scientists from Duke-NUS Medical School and the National Neuroscience Institute have discovered a crucial connection between gut microbes and ...

Could the key to easing anxiety be hidden in our gut? Scientists from Duke-NUS Medical School and the National Neuroscience ...

Neural activity in the cortical amygdala determines whether mice engage in aggressive or pro-social behavior, according to a ...