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The amygdala (/əˈmɪɡdələ/; pl.: amygdalae /əˈmɪɡdəli, -laɪ/ or amygdalas; also corpus amygdaloideum; Latin from Greek, ἀμυγδαλή, amygdalē, 'almond', 'tonsil')...

phobias via the amygdalae is the use of glucocorticoids. In one study, glucocorticoid receptors in the central nuclei of the amygdalae were disrupted in...

grams of oleic acid, and 17 grams of linoleic acid (oil table). Oleum amygdalae, the fixed oil, is prepared from either sweet or bitter almonds, and is...

parahippocampal cortices, entorhinal cortices, piriform cortices, and amygdalae in an attempt to cure his epilepsy. Although the surgery was partially...

pituitary gland, and the subthalamus; the limbic structures, including the amygdalae and the hippocampi, the claustrum, the various nuclei of the basal ganglia...

have found that subjects with conservative political views have larger amygdalae and are more prone to feeling disgust. Liberals have larger volume of...

the fusiform face area of the brain, which recognizes faces, and in the amygdalae, which associate emotions to a recognized face. The neural disconnection...

schematic, below left), and act as a relay for impulses coming from the amygdalae and hippocampi, via the mamillo-thalamic tract to the thalamus. Mammillary...

the two cerebral hemispheres of the brain and also interconnects the amygdalae and temporal lobes, contributing to the role of memory, emotion, speech...

forehead than (anterior to) the hippocampi, near the temporal lobes. The amygdalae are involved in detecting and learning which parts of our surroundings...

right-wing, or conservative in the United States, political views have larger amygdalae and are more sensitive to disgust. Those with left-wing, or liberal in...

which has a role in memory, spatial awareness, and navigation, and the amygdalae, which have a role in the processing and memory of emotional reactions...

snout (morro). The lower parts of the head are the neck (papada) and the amygdalae (castañetas). In the Philippines, the pig's face (the jowls, snout, and...

dominance, territoriality, and ritual displays. This consists of the septum, amygdalae, hypothalamus, hippocampal complex, and cingulate cortex. MacLean first...

experimental design, researchers compared levels of activation in the amygdalae of schizophrenics, their non-affected brothers and healthy controls. Using...

girls have on average relative larger hippocampal volume, whereas the amygdalae are larger in boys. However, multiple studies have found a higher synaptic...

Semantic dementia is mainly related to the inferior temporal poles and amygdalae; brain regions that have been discussed in the context of conceptual knowledge...

shown that patients with acute stress disorder have overactive right amygdalae and prefrontal cortices; both structures are involved in the fear-processing...

yielded more information about the amygdala, showing that in altruists, the amygdalae tend to be larger, and in psychopaths it tends to be smaller. The amygdala...

Velho, P; De Souza, E. M.; Araújo, V. Z.; Cendes, F; Li, L. M. (2006). "Amygdalae Calcifications Associated with Disease Duration in Lipoid Proteinosis"...