Amygdala - Physiopathology
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Saturday, November 21, 2009

Reduced limbic connections may contraindicate subgenual cingulate deep brain stimulation for intractable depression.

29 Sep 2009 In this study, the authors performed deep brain stimulation (DBS) of the subgenual anterior cingulate cortex (SACC) in a patient with a history of bipolar disorder. After a right thalamic stroke, intractable depression without mood elevation or a ... Read more...

The structural integrity of an amygdala-prefrontal pathway predicts trait anxiety.

14 Sep 2009 Here, we used diffusion tensor imaging (DTI) and showed that the strength of an axonal pathway identified between the amygdala and prefrontal cortex predicted individual differences in trait anxiety. A functional magnetic resonance imaging (fMRI) ... Read more...

Differences in cortical versus subcortical GABAergic signaling: a candidate mechanism of electroclinical uncoupling of neonatal seizures.

8 Sep 2009 Electroclinical uncoupling of neonatal seizures refers to electrographic seizure activity that is not clinically manifest. Uncoupling increases after treatment with Phenobarbital, which enhances the GABA(A) receptor (GABA(A)R) conductance. The ... Read more...

Latest indexed articles for 'Amygdala - Physiopathology'

These are the very latest articles for this heading:

• Reduced limbic connections may contraindicate subgenual cingulate deep brain stimulation for intractable depression. 29 Sep 2009
• The structural integrity of an amygdala-prefrontal pathway predicts trait anxiety. 14 Sep 2009
• Differences in cortical versus subcortical GABAergic signaling: a candidate mechanism of electroclinical uncoupling of neonatal seizures. 8 Sep 2009
• Neuroanatomical correlates of impaired decision-making and facial emotion recognition in early Parkinson's disease. 2 Sep 2009
• Vulnerability to depression: what is the role of stress genes in gene x environment interaction? 30 Aug 2009
• Intact rapid detection of fearful faces in the absence of the amygdala. 28 Aug 2009
• Personal space regulation by the human amygdala. 28 Aug 2009
• Human vulnerability to stress depends on amygdala's predisposition and hippocampal plasticity. 3 Aug 2009
• Remission from mania is associated with a decrease in amygdala activation during motor response inhibition. 30 Jul 2009
• Diminished neural sensitivity to irregular facial expression in first-episode schizophrenia. 30 Jul 2009
• Amygdala response to faces parallels social behavior in Williams syndrome. 22 Jul 2009
• Disruption of neuroendocrine stress responses to acute ferret odor by medial, but not central amygdala lesions in rats. 13 Jul 2009
• A molecular signature of depression in the amygdala. 13 Jul 2009
• Amygdala and insula response to emotional images in patients with generalized social anxiety disorder. 29 Jun 2009
• Amygdala hyperactivation in untreated depressed individuals. 26 Jun 2009
• Curcumin inhibits amygdaloid kindled seizures in rats. 18 Jun 2009
• Cocaine- and amphetamine-regulated transcript peptide immunoreactivity in the brain of the CCK-1 receptor deficient obese OLETF rat. 15 Jun 2009
• A rodent model of schizophrenia derived from postmortem studies. 15 Jun 2009
• Stage- and region-specific cyclooxygenase expression and effects of a selective COX-1 inhibitor in the mouse amygdala kindling model. 9 Jun 2009
• Impact of the tryptophan hydroxylase 1 gene A218C polymorphism on amygdala activity in response to affective facial stimuli in patients with major depressive disorder. 2 Jun 2009

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Technical information about 'Amygdala'

Definition: Almond-shaped group of basal nuclei anterior to the inferior horn of the lateral ventricle of the brain, within the temporal lobe. The amygdala is part of the limbic system.

Descriptor UI: D000679

Alternative terms: Amygdala; Amygdaloid Body; Amygdaloid Bodies;

Allowable Qualifiers: abnormalities; anatomy & histology; blood supply; cytology; drug effects; embryology; enzymology; growth & development; immunology; injuries; metabolism; microbiology; parasitology; pathology; physiology; physiopathology; radiation effects; radiography; radionuclide imaging; secretion; surgery; transplantation; ultrastructure; ultrasonography; chemistry; virology;

Tree Number: A08.186.211.464.090; A08.186.211.730.885.287.249.152;

History Note: 2000(1966)