Amygdala
The central nucleus of the amygdala is responsible for conscious perception of emotion through projections to ant cingulate and PFC
anterior cingulate, PFC
The central nucleus of the amygdala is responsible for attentional allocation through modulation of nigral dopamine system
attentional allocation
In the amygdala, the majority of sensory info is received in the basolateral complex then sent to the centromedian nucleus.
basolateral complex, centromedian nucleus
The amygdala is made of several structures with different characteristics including basolateral complex, cortical, medial and central nuclei.
basolateral complex, cortical, medial, central
The central nucleus is the major output of the amygdala
central nucleus
The central nucleus of the amygdala is essential for acquiring and expression conditional fear
central nucleus
The amygdala has primary roles in memory associated with emotional events, helping to modulate consolidation, choosing which memoires should be kept based on trauma or excitement
consolidation, trauma, excitement
While the hippocampus tags memory with context, the amygdala tags memory with emotion.
context, emotion
Generally, the amygdala adds emotion to sensation.
emotion, sensation
The pathway from the BLC to the centromedian in the amygdala creates emotional arousal and the fear response
emotional arousal, fear response
Amygdala works in conjunction with stored memories and limbic structures to gauge the emotional significance of what you are looking at.
emotional significance
The primary basolateral complex function is stimulation of fear response.
fear response
The amygdala connects to the frontal lobes to add flavor to the four f cocktail
frontal lobes
Larger amygdala area correlated with larger social networks.
social networks
Intense feelings will cause the amygdala to send signals the hypothalamus and activate the ANS
hypothalamus, ANS
The central nucleus of the amygdala is responsible for the autonomic components of emotion like changes in heart rates, through its projections the the hypothalamus and brainstem
hypothalamus, brainstem
The low road goes: stimulus to thalamus to amygdala lateral nucleus, to basolateral complex, to central nucleus to response formed
lateral nucleus, basolateral complex, central nucleus
The basolateral complex of the amygdala is further divisible into lateral, basal and accessory basal
lateral, basal, accessory basal
There is no conscious cognition involved in the low-road pathway. In contrast, non-threatening stimuli reach the sensory cortex first, and hence more conscious involvement.
low-road, sensory cortex
Right stimulation in the amygdala induces negative motions like fear and sadness while stimulation of left is able to induce either pleasant or unpleasant emotions.
right, left
If you lose your sense of fear from amygdalar damage, you also can't recognize it in other's faces
other's faces
In the central nucleus, oxytocin helps maintain body's hydroelectric balance by inhibiting sodium intake while psychological stressors increase levels of CRH.
oxytocin, CRH
Amygdala processes reactions to violations in personal space.
personal space