The amygdala integrates and processes incoming information pertinent to reward and to
emotions such as fear and anxiety that promote survival by warning of potential danger …

The last 10 years have witnessed a surge of interest for the mechanisms underlying the
acquisition and extinction of classically conditioned fear responses. In part, this results from …

Sah, P., ESL Faber, M. Lopez de Armentia, and J. Power. The Amygdaloid Complex:
Anatomy and Physiology. Physiol Rev 83: 803–834, 2003; 10.1152/physrev. 00002.2003 …

Fear conditioning and fear extinction are Pavlovian conditioning paradigms extensively
used to study the mechanisms that underlie learning and memory formation. The neural …

The amygdala is located in the medial aspects of the temporal lobe. In spite of the fact that
the amygdala has been implicated in a variety of functions, ranging from attention to memory …

Cannabinoids are the most popular illicit drugs used for recreational purposes worldwide.
However, the neurobiological substrate of their mood-altering capacity has not been …

Impulse control disorders (ICDs), including pathological gambling, trichotillomania,
kleptomania and others, have been conceptualized to lie along an impulsive–compulsive …

An zmpresswe amount of ewdence from many dzfferent laboratories using a vane& of
expertmental techmques m&cates that the amygdala plays a cruczal role m the acquzs# zon …

Evidence that psychoactive substance use disorders, bulimia nervosa, pathological
gambling, and sexual addiction share an underlying biopsychological process is …

The brain comprises an excitatory/inhibitory neuronal network that maintains a finely tuned
balance of activity critical for normal functioning. Excitatory activity in the basolateral …