A new study published in Human Brain Mapping sheds light on the brain mechanisms that influence how adolescents weigh ...

For example, activation in the prefrontal cortex related to a task at hand is stronger, and task performance is better when the prefrontal cortex receives input from the amygdala.

Amygdala neurons, for example, are also components of systems that process the significance of stimuli related to eating, drinking, sex, and addictive drugs.

A region of the brain called the amygdala is responsible for powerful emotions like fear. Now, researchers have found the amygdala may also be to blame for overeating.

Journal Reference: Cristina Mazuski, John O’Keefe. Representation of ethological events by basolateral amygdala neurons. Cell Reports, 2022; 39 (10): 110921 DOI: 10.1016/j.celrep.2022.110921 ...

Experimental design and rat IVSA cocaine model of addiction. a, Schematic of the study design. b, Timeline of the behavioral protocol. c, Individual differences in total number of cocaine rewards ...

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At baseline, Genova and colleagues found a correlation between amygdala CLV and SCcomp (P = .002). However, 3 years later, amygdala volume had become the more important predictor of SCcomp (P ...