Amygdala

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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


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