The phrase
"human amygdala" refers to a small part of our brain that helps us process emotions, especially fear. It plays a role in our ability to recognize and respond to potential threats in our environment.
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Citation: Vrtička P, Andersson F, Grandjean D, Sander D, Vuilleumier P (2008) Individual Attachment Style
Modulates Human Amygdala and Striatum Activation during Social Appraisal.
Research points to the possibility of such a center in humans: functional imaging has already shown that
the human amygdala — like the bat's amygdala — responds to species - specific emotive sounds, such as laughing and crying, Kanwal says.
The expression of somatostatin in
the human amygdala displays a healthy circadian rhythm of expression.
«Our study shows that neurons in
the human amygdala respond preferentially to pictures of animals, meaning that we saw the most amount of activity in cells when the patients looked at cats or snakes versus buildings or people,» Florian Mormann, lead author of a paper and a former postdoctoral scholar at CalTech said in releasing the study.
Modeling a Negative Response Bias in
the Human Amygdala by Noradrenergic - Glucocorticoid Interactions
Conscious and unconscious emotional learning in
the human amygdala.
Impaired recognition of emotion in facial expressions following bilateral damage to the human amygdala
Different contributions of
the human amygdala and ventromedial prefrontal cortex to decision - making