A number of neural structures play a role in anxiety, but the one that gives it its strong emotional color is the amygdala. The rational, thinking prefrontal cortex is responsible for interpreting ...

A brain structure called the amygdala, and its connections with another region, the prefrontal cortex, shape people’s experiences and social interactions. The discovery of a key molecular ...

They found characteristic patterns in the piriform cortex and amygdala. The group's research ... quality, which describes the type of smell; and intensity, which is a measure of the strength ...