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... > material entity > biological material entity > anatomical entity > organ > brain > brain lobe > temporal lobe > medial temporal lobe > amygdala

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amygdala  

Definition

  • An almond-shaped structure in the medial temporal lobe, formed by many nuclei, involved in emotional memory.

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Related concepts

Entry terms

  • amygdaloid body
  • amygdaloid complex
  • amygdaloid nuclear complex
  • amygdaloid nuclear groups
  • amygdaloid nucleus
  • archistriatum

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Bibliographic citation(s)

  • • AbuHasan, Q., Reddy, V., & Siddiqui, W. (2022). Neuroanatomy, Amygdala. In StatPearls. StatPearls Publishing. http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/books/NBK537102/

    [Study type: literature review / Access: open]
  • • McGaugh, J. L., Cahill, L., & Roozendaal, B. (1996). Involvement of the amygdala in memory storage: Interaction with other brain systems. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, 93(24), 13508–13514. https://doi.org/10.1073/pnas.93.24.13508

    [Study type: literature review / Access: open]
  • • Phelps, E. A. (2004). Human emotion and memory: Interactions of the amygdala and hippocampal complex. Current Opinion in Neurobiology, 14(2), 198–202. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.conb.2004.03.015

    [Study type: literature review / Access: closed]
  • • Ressler, R. L., & Maren, S. (2019). Synaptic encoding of fear memories in the amygdala. Current Opinion in Neurobiology, 54, 54–59. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.conb.2018.08.012

    [Study type: literature review / Access: closed]
  • • Roozendaal, B., McEwen, B. S., & Chattarji, S. (2009). Stress, memory and the amygdala. Nature Reviews Neuroscience, 10(6), 423–433. https://doi.org/10.1038/nrn2651

    [Study type: literature review / Access: closed]

Creator

  • Frank Arnould

In other languages

  • amygdale

    French

  • complexe amygdalien
  • corps amygdaloïde
  • noyau amygdalien

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http://data.loterre.fr/ark:/67375/P66-W52CFWZ4-9

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