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But like all components of our minds and bodies that play some part in our anxiety, the amygdala is doing precisely what it’s supposed to do. It’s behaving impeccably, as a matter of fact.

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We already knew the amygdala was involved in anxiety and fear, but now we've identified a specific population of neurons whose imbalanced activity alone is sufficient to trigger pathological ...

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Reference: Holford TW, Letourneau KN, Von-Walter C, Moncaleano D, Loomis CL, Bolton MM. PTEN in somatostatin neurons regulates fear and anxiety and is required for inhibitory synaptic connectivity ...

Resting-state fMRI indicated that functional connections between the amygdala and other parts of the anxiety circuit, particularly the hippocampus, were stronger than normal in anxious dogs.

However, eight brain regions, including the right amygdala, continued to show higher activity in anxious compared to non-anxious children after treatment. This persistent pattern of enhanced ...